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First union of working women
Women who worked in Lowell Mill created the first union for working women. This helped to jump start working women's right before women could even vote. -
Haymarket Square riot
A labor protest was turned into a riot when a bomb was thrown at police. At least 8 people were killed as a result. Several radical labor activist were convicted in connection to the bombing despite a lack of evidence against them. -
ILGWU Strike
The international ladiess garment workers union called a stroke on new york demanding a pay raise and a 52 hour work week. After just two days 20 thousand workers from over 500 factories went on strike. This was the largest labor action by women in US history -
Ludlow Massacre
when mine workers went on strike, the and thier famillies were forced to move into a tent community. the community was attacked by criminals hired as private detectives and the tents were intentionally set on fire, killing 15 women and chilren in the burning tents. -
World War I
In world war 1 women began entering the work force more and more. Because of this labor unions became more popular as women were not treated the same as men doing the same job. -
Great Depression
The New Deal laws were made because of the great depression. this included many laws that affected how unions work today. -
Wagner Act
This act gave unions legal protection and led to rapid growth in union membership. It made it illegal for empoyers to harass and intimidate workers in the union. Allows workers to stike, picket, and boycott buisnesses. -
WWII
World War one created more factory jobs. Because of the increase in jobs, Unions were needed to protect the rights of the workers even more -
Taft-Hartley Act
Also known as the "slave Labor Act", this act limits the power of unions as it gave new rights to businesses. It banned "closed shop" businesses. It allowed states to become Right-to-work states, where workers could not be forced to join unions. -
Equal Pay Act
The equal pay act makes it illegal to discriminate wages based on sex. This caused womens pay to go from 62% of men's in 1970 then to 80% in 2004. -
New York Teachers Strike
A teacher strike in new york city ends after 36 school days, and deprivated over a million students of their education for this time. This put the public opinion against organized labor union.
