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the national trades union
the first national unit -
commonwealth v. hunt
massechusetts court ruled that unions were disputes -
knights of labor
won several important strikes but their influence declined after they were blamed for killing 7 police officers who attempted to break up a meeting in Haymark Square, Chicago -
american federation of labor
organized skilled workers by crafts. improved working conditions through collective bargaining -
Haymarket riots
striking McCormick Harvestor Workers clashed with police, 4 strikers were killed -
united mine workers
improve wages and working conditions of coal mine workers -
the home stead strike
steel workers in Homestead, Pennsylvania struck against the Carnegie Steel plant because the company had reduced wadges -
american railway union
railroad fireman Eugene V. Debs -
pullman company
manufactured sleeping and dining cars, went on strike because their wages had been cut -
the internalional workers of the world
unskiled workers and immigrants, advocated one large national union that would use strikes and sabotage to achieve its goals as opposed to the more peaceful American Federation of Labor -
Clayton act
allowed picketing and limited the use of injunctions in labor disputes -
the brotherhood of sleeping car porters
Philip Randolph created it -
national labor relations act
(wagner act) protected the rights of workers to organize and elect representatives for collective bargaining. -
fair labor standards act
established a minimum wage (25 cents an hour) and time and a half for over 40 hours of work a week -
fair labor act
prohibited child labor -
AFL AND CIO
merged -
air traffic controllers
striking in violation of a no-strike clause in their contract (ronald reagan fired)
