Labor Unions

By crazyawp

  • Knights of Labor Founded

    Uriah stephens forms the Knight of Labor in Philedelphia.

  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Intended to block business monopolies.

  • Homestead Strike

    A lockout at the Homestead Steel Works turns violent as 300 Pinkerton detectives hired by the company arrive at the mills by barge.

  • Landrum-Griffith Act

    President Eisenhower signs the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act.

  • Farm Workers of California

    Cesar Chavez started this union.