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Haymarket Riot
Cops were killing rioters and someone through a bomb. Noone knows who, people died. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This act was intended to block business monopolies . It was mostly used against unions. -
Homestead Strike
Workers fought carnigie steel, for better wages, hours, and conditions. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Someone threw a cigarette away, it started a fire, lots of woman and some men died due to not having enough escape routes. -
First State Minimum Wage Law
Massachusetts adopts the first minimum wage law, setting a floor under the pay of women and minors. Other states will pass similar laws beginning the same year. For a union movement, they wanted things to be as equal as possible. -
Ludlow Massacre
Violence breaks out in a camp housing striking miners in Ludlow, Colorado. National Guardsmen machinegun strikers and set fire to their tents, killing five miners, two women, and twelve children. More than 75 people will be killed over the full course of the industrial dispute. -
Clayton Act
President Wilson, a friend of labor unions, signs the Clayton Act, which exempts unions from the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. In coming years, the new law will prove toothless, as courts void many of its union protections. -
Nas-LaGuardia Act
Outlawed practice of hiring only workers who agreed not to join union. -
Wagner Act
President Roosevelt signs into law the National Labor Relations Act, known as the Wagner Act. The law safeguards union organizing efforts and authorizes the National Labor Relations Board to assure fairness in union elections and during collective bargaining with employers. The new law tilts the playing field significantly in labor's favor, prompting a huge unionization drive throughout the late 1930s. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
First Federal minimum wage. $0.25 cents; restrictions on child labor, overtime pay.
