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Noble order of the knights of labor
Formed by Philadelphia farment workers in 1869. Opened to farmers, merchants and wage earners. There objectives were to get equal pay for equal work, aboliton of child labor and 8 hour work day -
labor day holiday
IN 1884 congress passed labor day as an offical national holiday. The holiday is supposed to celebrated by the working class but instead just about everybody does. labor day also markes the unoffical last day of summer. -
American Federation of labor (AFL)
They were formed in 1886. They were mainly focused on better working conditions. They wanted better pay and they were craft oriented. -
Haymarket square riot
Workers in Chicago march for and 8 hour day protest against McComick Harvesting machine. Police come to break up strike. Anarchists blamed for violence which kelled 8 policemen. This is where strikes got their bad name -
How the other half lives
This artical describes the living environment for poor people living in slums. It talks about how their is so little space for as many people living in just 1 room. It talks about how their is stuff everywhere and how it is so dirty. -
Homestead strike
This was one of the most serious disputes in U.S labor history. Occured athe the homestead steel works in Pittsburgh. It was the association of Iron and Steel workers against the carnegie steel company. It ended up being a major defeat for the union. -
The pullman strike
A company built town of pull man so workers could rent homes form the owner, George M. Pullman. The rents were high, and in 1893 wages were slashed. Workers went on strike. the strike spread to 27 states and their was no transprortation from chicago to the west coast. Troops were sent in and the strike collapsed. -
The coal strike
The strike took place in the anthracite coal mines of eastern Pennsylvania. The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to all major cities. For the first time the goverment intervened as a netural party. This allowed the workers and the company to get what they want. -
The Jungle
This artical talks about how the meat was handeled back in 1905. They talked about how meat was droped on the floor and covered in sawdust and then wasn't even attempted to be cleaned. how rats could just crawl into the meat and wouldnt even be removed. -
The bitter cry of children
In this artical it talks about how these children are doing the hard work to feed their families. How they were under paid and overworked. How their was so little light and oxygen. -
The pure food and drug act
This made it a law that meat had to be inspected. This did not allow the manufacture, sale, or transpotation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines. This was a major victory for labor unions. -
Triangle shirt factory fire
In 1911 their was a factory fire with hundreads of kids working in the building. the owners locked all of the doors so employees could not leave before the end of the day. when the fire erupted the workers were trapped in the building over a 100 died. -
Congress of Industrial organization
This group was part of he AFL until 1935. They broke away because they advocatd organization along industrial lines rather than craft lines. They re joined the AFL in 1955 -
National Labor Relations Act
It is otherwise know as the wagner act. This allowed labor's to organize legally. It gave them the power to punish unfair lavor practices. the national labor relations board was created. -
Gm sit-down strike
The strike was caused by GM employees in Flint, Michigan and spread to other cities as well. A sit-down strike is where the employes go to work but they don't do anything. GM eventually worked out a deal so the workers had a say in the running of GM -
Fair Labor standards act
This act regulated tha amount of child labor allowed. For the first time minimum ages of emplyment were inforced by law. Tis act also regulated the amount of hours children could work. -
Steel strike
Befpre the strike could begin, President Truman took control of the steel mills and the workers could not strike. The owners sued to regain control of their facilities. The supream court ruled that the president did not have power to take the facilites. The strike began and the workers began to strike and they eventually earned hight wages -
Major league baseball strike
This was the first plyers strike in major league baseball history. Baseball resumed when the owners and players agreed on a 500,000 increase in pension fund payments. The 86 games missed during the strike were never made up. -
New york city transit strike
Negotiations for a new contract with the metroplitan transportation authority broke down over retirement pension and wage increases. public transportation was basicaly shut down causing commuters to be effected.the strike finaly ended December 22, 2005
