Index

Union Timeline

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  • Committee of Fifty

    Committee of Fifty
    Prominent trade unionists organised to reinstate the 11-hour work day. They wanted to get rid of the 10-hour work day. They also advocated socialist policies.

  • Tolpuddle Martyrs

    Tolpuddle Martyrs
    In England, agroup of agricultural workers formed a secret society. It was aa precursor to the trade union. They were later sentenced to a penal colony in Australia.

  • Communist Manifesto Published

    Communist Manifesto Published
    Written by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, the book calls for the working class to band together. The book has many passages about the need to unionize. The book inspires revolutions and protests.

  • Tompkins Square Riot

    Tompkins Square Riot
    Workers gathered to protest. The NYPD beats many of the protesters. The unemployment movement lost a lot of support.

  • Great Railroad Strike of 1877

    Great Railroad Strike of 1877
    The strike occurred wage cuts. The strikes first started in Maryland. The strike had to be stopped by federal troops.

  • Great Anthracite Coal Strike

    Great Anthracite Coal Strike
    Coal miners went on strike demanding safer working conditions and better wages. Theodore Roosevelt unsuccessfully tried to end the strike. J.P. Morgan gave the miners a 10% raise.

  • Lulow Massacare

    Lulow Massacare
    Coal workers went on strike to protest unsafe working conditions. John D. Rockefeller sent the National Guard to stop the strike. It ended with the town burnt to the ground.

  • Child Labor Amendment

    Child Labor Amendment
    An amendment that was never ratified. It would give Congress the power to regulate the labor of anyone under eighteen years. It was to ensure that those under eighteen weren't being mistreated.

  • Hitler Bans Trade Unions

    Hitler Bans Trade Unions
    Hitler had trade unions made illegal because he couldn't control them. Leaders of unions were arrested. The state began to look after the workers.

  • The Wagner Act

    The Wagner Act
    This act allowed workers to form unions and go on strikes. The act also created the National Labor Relations Board. Which requirees employers to collectively bargain with unions.

  • The Fair Labor Standards Act

    The Fair Labor Standards Act
    Establishes minimum wage, overtime, record keeping, and chld labor laws. Prior to this act, children would work in coal mines and other less than pleasent locations. FDR called it the most important piece of the New Deal.