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Union Timeline

  • National Labor Union

    National Labor Union

    The first labor union was formed as the National Labor Union and paved the way of the American Federation of Labor
  • Great Southwest Railroad Strike

    Great Southwest Railroad Strike

    200,000 railroad workers over five states went on strike because of unfair wages and hours, and unsafe working conditions.ultimately the strike faild
  • Homestead Strike

    Homestead Strike

    A strike against Steel workers and Carnige Steel company. Private agents were even brought in the strike ended in a loss for the steel workers and a huge setback for steel unions.
  • Pullman strike

    Pullman strike

    250,000 Pullman car company and railworkers striked against 12 hour days and poor wages. This shut down trains traffic west of chicago. This ended when the oresident sent in the national guard.
  • Ludlow Massacre

    Ludlow Massacre

    1200 coal miners went on strike against their employer John D Rockefeller and they built a tent community close to the mine. The strike lead to the National Guard coming in and several people were killed
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    When jobs became hard to come by it made life a ton harder. and those that had jobs worked in awful conditions.
  • Norris-La Guardia Act

    Norris-La Guardia Act

    It was an law that prohibits yellow-dog contracts
  • FDR Elected President

    FDR Elected President

    FDR had a great deal to do with laws that helped get out of the depression and with unions
  • Fair Labor Standard Act

    Fair Labor Standard Act

    Created a minimum wage, overtime and child labor laws
  • World War II

    World War II

    World War 2 began and a lot of men went to war which in turn put a lot of women in the work force
  • Landrum Griffen Act

    Landrum Griffen Act

    Regulates Unions' internal affairs and their officals' relationships with employers