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Declaration of Independence
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Lowell Mill Women Create the First Union of Working Women
The Lowell, Mass., textile mills where they worked were considered amazing but for the female workers it was a living hell. they worked 13 hours a day and were in horrible working conditions. because of this they went on strike and signed a petition saying, "We will not go back into the mills to work unless our wages are continued." -
Samuel Gompers
Samuel Gompers was trying to make a friendly and safe labor work environment where everybody is welcome. he developed the structure of American unions and created the tactics that are still used today. unfortunately, he was very racist and was pushing back Black and Chinese workers and only working for and with white people. -
William Green
William Green was the second president of the American Federation serving from 1924 to his death in 1952. he began the stray away from the "pure and simple unionism" from the ideas of the first president and started a new politically involved "social reform unionism". He himself was a labor worker born into a coal mining family and started at 16, so he knew how important unionism and the labor rights laws could be to help people. -
1892 Homestead Strike
The 1892 Homestead strike in Pennsylvania was a very bloody battle that was started by the steel plant's management because the millionaire Andrew Carnegie was determined to lower the costs of production by dissolving the union. 7 of the steelworkers had negotiations with the Amalgamated Associations of Iron and Steel Workers to have fair pay and just treatment. -
The Battle of Cripple Creek
The Battle of Cripple Creek, which took place in 1894 in Colorado, was a pivotal labor conflict in the American West's mining industry. It pitted striking mine workers, primarily members of the Western Federation of Miners, against mine owners and the Colorado National Guard. The battle resulted in the victory of the mine owners and the suppression of the strike, highlighting the power struggles and labor disputes of the era. -
Nelson Cruikshank
Nelson Cruikshank was the first person in the united states to help give people social security and health insurance. He also gave social security to people with disabilities. This was the first time this was ever done in US history. -
Arthur Goldberg
Arthur Goldberg was the United States Secretary of Labor and spent 23 years as an adviser to the American labor rights movement. He provided legal advice to the Steel Workers Organizing Committee in the fight to unionize the industry in the late 1930s. He was also a principal architect for the US collective bargaining system after World War II -
McKees Rocks Strike
the McKees Rocks Strike took place at the Pressed Steel Car CO. plant where somewhere around 5000-8000 workers created railway cars. several different nationalities were working and because of the language barrier, they were exploited with daily injuries and deaths. Because of this most of them went on strike to be treated fairly and get better pay. -
César Chávez
César Chávez was the leader of a union strike group against California grapes. He also wanted to give people the right to unionize and better pay and treatment for labor work. And this took great effort because people were being killed for speaking out for themselves for labor rights. -
The Great Postal Strike of 1970
The 1892 Homestead strike in Pennsylvania was the first complete mass halt in the 195-year history of the postal service and was the most influential strike to the right of better wages for postal workers. Out of 750,000 postal workers, 210,000 were in the strike. -
He Showed Us the Way by Cesar Chavez
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Chaves "Address to the California commonwealth Club"
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Labor Markets and Minimum Wage: Crash Course Economics #28
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Labor's labors lost by NPR
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The Delano Grape Strike & Boycott | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS
