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Haymarket Riot
Chicago’s Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. Strikes by industrial workers were increasingly common in the United States in the 1880s, a time when working conditions often were dismal and dangerous, and wages were low. -
Homestead Strike
also known as the Homestead Steel strike, Pinkerton rebellion, or Homestead massacre, -
Great Anthracite Coal Strike
the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners struck for higher wages, shorter workdays and the recognition of their union. -
Norris LaGuardia Act
pledges by workers not to join a labor union) and further restricted the use of court injunctions in labor disputes against strikes, picketing, and boycotts. -
National Labor Relations Act
the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail certain private sector labor and management practices, which can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and the U.S. economy. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
It was a landmark piece of legislation that had a significant impact on the labor movement in the United States. -
1970 U.S. Postal Strike
The strike began in New York City and spread to some other cities in the following two weeks. This strike against the federal government, regarded as illegal, was the largest wildcat strike in U.S. history.
