Unions Megan Purdue

Great Southwest Railroad Strike (Strikes)

Nov 29, 1886

200,000 workers from 5 different states went on strike against Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads. The strike lasted 2 months and it failed, workers receiving no demands.

Homestead Strike (Strikes)

Nov 29, 1892

Steel Mill workers on strike and Private Security agents open fire on each other during a lockout brought about by Henry Clay Frick.

Ludlow Massacre (Strikes)

Nov 29, 1914

Miners demanded higher wages and better working conditions when they went on strike. They were evacuated from their mining town and their union help they set up a tent colony. Rockefeller hired gunmen to try and stop the picketing but the miners fought back. The governor ender up calling the National Guard and they came in and set the colony on fire. The miners ended up going back to work.

Railway labor act (Laws)

Nov 29, 1926

Set up procedures to settle any railroad disagreements and made it not possible to discriminate against union workers.

The Great Depression

Nov 30, 1929

The Great Depression was the collapse of the stoke market. During the Great Depression, unions were very reliant upon and there were many organizing drives, successful strikes, many labor laws enacted to help and protect workers.

Lowell Mill

Nov 30, 1930

The Lowell Mill women workers organized strikes and participated in politics even before they could not vote. These feminine strikes and petitions lead to the first ever women's union in America.

Norris-LaGuardia Act (Laws)

Nov 29, 1932

This made it illegal for employers to interfere against workers joining unions.

New Deal

Nov 30, 1933

The New Deal was a series of programs in process to help recover from the Great Depression. This helped unions because it allowed workers to join unions without suffering backlash from their employers. This enabled unions to grow and become more popular.

World War II

Nov 30, 1941

During World War II, a lot of the men were off fighting in the war so many children went out to get jobs. A lot of the work that kids did were in factories which are not that safe so during this time there were regulations to try and help protect the kids.

Taft-Hartley Act (Law)

Nov 29, 1947

This law affected unions because it banned companies to have mandatory union ship requirements.

UPS worker strike (Strikes)

Nov 29, 1997

185,000 workers nationwide demanded full time options and higher wages and the public showed huge support so the demands were met. UPS lost 600 million dollars.