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Contract Labor Act
- employers would pay the cost of their passage in exchange for their labor.
- allowed employers to have contracts with immigrants
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The American Federation of Labor
Craft Union lead by: Samuel Gompers
- relied on strikes and boycotts against employers -
Knights of Labor
- formed in Philidelphia
- hoped to form one union of: blacks, whites, skilled, and unskilled people
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Strike Rock the Nation
*1881-1900
STRIKES:
- factories
- mines
- mills
- railroads. -
Haymarket Riot
labor related violence in Chicago -
Homestead Strike
Pennsylvania Vs. Carnegie steel
