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Wadges
Massachutes made it illegal for employees to band together to raise wages. -
Lowell Mill Women Create First Union of Working Women
Lowell mill women organized, went on strike and mobilized in politics when women couldn't even vote and created the first union of working women in American history. -
Massachusetts case
Massachusetts case, the court ruled that every worker had the freedom to enter into a contract with his employer and the right to be free from interference by a union. -
Atlanta's Washerwomen Strike
more than a thousands of black laundresses went on strike for higher wages, respect for their work and control over how their work was organized. -
1892 Homestead strike
A boody battle instigated by the steel plant's management remain a transformational moment in U.S. history, leaving scars that have never fully healed after five generation. -
Cripple Creek
Many people suffered to win the rigets about wages -
BAttle of Cripple Creek
Dramatic battles where workers fought to win their rights. -
McKees Rock Strike: Turning Point for Immigrant WorkersMcKees Rock StrikeMcKees Rock Strike: Turning Point for Immigrant Workers
The strike took place at the huge Pressed Steel Car Co. plant in McKees Rock, a few miles down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh, where between 5,000 and 8,000 mostly immigrant workers from some 16 nationalities created railway cars. -
Uprising of 20,000 and the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Frances Perkins, who stood helpless watching the factory burn, the tragedy inspired a lifetime of advocacy for workers’ rights. She later became secretary of labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Wagner Act
Wagner Act of 1935 gave unions legal protections, led to rapid growth in union membership -
Nixon No Match for 200,000 Postal Workers
Postal workers went on strike but they (like all other federal employees) were denied the freedom to bargain collectively over wages. And like all federal employees, they were forbidden to even advocate for the right to strike.