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American Federation of Labor
it was one of the first federations in the U.S. this federation is the longest lasting and most influential. Samuel Gompers was the labor organizer and he formed this labor union. it a closed shop -
International workers of the world
Western miners formed this union in chicago and it is the most radical of all organized labor groups. mother jones was part of this. Eugene v. debs was one of the founders -
international ladies garment workers union
formed from a strike that happed in New York and it is the largest labor action by women in the nation's history. -
triangle shirtwaist factory fire
happened in new york and it was the deadliest industrial disaster that has happened to new york -
minimum wage
Massachusetts was the first one to adopt this law -
department of labor
president taft sign this law -
ludlow Massacre
skriking miners in Colorado had a violence breaks out in a camp housing -
world war one
war that broke out causing almost every country to go to war -
Clayton Act
help to strengthen the Sherman Act and President Wilson sign this law -
Adamson act
Established a 8hr work day and you would get paid extra if you worked overtime -
Great Depression
stock market crashed -
Davis Bacon Act
help to keep employers from highering a person from another country for cheaper. which they then have to get a contract to the employees -
Norris La Guardia Act
this act proclaims that yellow-dog contracts and from not joining the union which is a open shop -
wagner act
Fairness in elections of the union and having collective Bargaining with their employers -
cio
split from the AFL -
Congress of Industrial Organizations
this organization organized workers into unions -
Fair labor standards act
40 hou work week and if they work over time then they should get paid time and a half collective Bargaining
