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the national trades union
was the first national union -
commonwealth V. hunt
the massachusetts court ruled that the union labor were legal -
knights of labor
founded by uriah stephens, groups og women skilled unskiled and black immagrants ect.... they have won several protest -
american federation of labor (AFO)
founded by Samuel Gompers , organized skilled workers by crafts. they faught for higher wages, shorter hours, and improved working conditions throught collective bargining -
united mine workers
founded to improve wages and working conditions for coal mine workers -
the homestead strike
they became violent when the steel company hired private police to protect the strike breakers by the end nine strikers, and seven police were killed. -
american railway union
firemen eugene and debs -
american railway union
firemen eugene and debs founded this -
pullman company
went on strike because their wages had been cut. out of sympathy for the workers conductors and engineers refuse to work wit pullman trains. -
the international workers of the world
they were unskilled workers and immigrants, advocated one large national one large national union that would use strikes and sabotage to achive its goal. -
clayton act
allowed and limited the use of injunctions in labor disputes -
clayton act
allowed picketing and limited the use of injunction in labor disputes -
national relations act
protected the rights of workers to organize and elect representatives for collective bargining. -
fair labor standards act
established a miminum wage (25$/hour) and time and a half for over 40 hours of a work week -
fair labor act
prohibited child labor -
fair labor act
prohibited child labor -
AFL, CIO
the AFO, and CIO both merged in 1955