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Increased Desire to Change Work Conditions after Industrialization (Yilian Martin Fuentes)

By ymartinfuentes

  • Knights of Labor form

    Knights of Labor form
    Knights of Labor is a union group started in 1878.
    The setting was Philadelphia.
    This was considering the first BIG UNION due to it allowing anyone to join regardless of gender, position, or age.
    This sets the stage for more trust and backing of the unions by the workers. Photo: https://www.google.com/search?q=knights+of+labor&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_7rmw_9zUAhVMwiYKHZRrBhIQ_AUICigB&biw=1187&bih=632#imgrc=N7eyAP1OU78qRM: Corbett, U.S. History, Chapter 18, section 18.3

  • The May Day Strikes

    The May Day Strikes
    The May Day strikes happened in 1886 in Cincinnati.
    The strike was focused on the very low wages people endured, and work hour improvements. During this time, people worked mandatory 12 hour workdays. Met with police force, people stood their ground, showed strength in numbers. Photo: https://www.google.com/search?q=may+day+strikes Ross, Steven J. "The politicization of the working class: production, ideology, culture and politics in late nineteenth-century Cincinnati."

  • Pullman Strike

    Pullman Strike
    Set in Pullman, Illinois.
    Considered to be the first true strike due to the nature of the strike and the size.
    Government stepped in and attacked the workers, killing many.
    The workers were striking due to reduced wages and layoffs.
    This went on to further strengthen the strike movements and gave more attention to forming unions which went on to pay more money in time. Photo: http://www.lib.niu.edu/1994/ihy941208.html Corbett, U.S. History, Chapter 18, section 18.3

  • Women's Trade Union League President gets arrested

    Women's Trade Union League President gets arrested
    In NYC, women working at a factory pulled a strike.
    the President of the Women's Trade Union League gets arrested for trying to stop a strikebreaker. She claimed she got hit in the face by the strikebreaker but was arrested because the strikebreaker claimed she was harassed. This shone a light on workplace conditions. It was an event which led to a fire at a factory. It showed the increase of rage and strikes spreading throughout the nation. New York TImes "arrest strikers for being assaulted"

  • Women See Changes in Fort Wayne

    Women See Changes in Fort Wayne
    In Fort Wayne, Illinois women started to see changes in the work culture in the late 1920's. Thanks to WWI, GE started hiring more women to do more jobs that men did. in 1918, GE started hiring and training women to do new types of work positions. Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric Corbett, U.S. History, Chapter 18, section 18.3

  • Empirical data study shows women shift in work

    Empirical data study shows women shift in work
    In America as a whole, women started to see what years of strikes worked towards. Not only were many aspects of work changing thanks to consistent demands, but most importantly, women were become freer. Data entry in a research done at Cornell found that women shifted largely from manufacturing to professional jobs like sales. Photo:http://mascola.com/insights/history-of-advertising-1930s/ Thomas A., Lyson, "Industrial Change and the Sexual
    Division of Labor in New York &
    Georgia: 1910-1930"