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World War II
When World War II broke out 35% of people were in Unions. After the war the peoples work rights were better, and no one had a need to be in Unions so the popuularity went down. Minimum wage was also established. -
Emancipation Proclamtion
A proclamation passed that freed the slaves. They were able to work and the ampunt of industrial workers grew from 23 to 79 million making the U.S. the world’s number one manufacturing nation. This meant more jobs, and more people interested in joining unions. -
Great Southwest Railroad Strike
The Strike was well known and very big. It was started by the Knights of Labor and made a strong statement. They helped unions become more well known. -
US Department of Labor
The purpose of the US Department of Labor is to"improve working conditions. This caused the popularity for Unions to go down, because they weren't needed. The Department of Labor helped make sure things were fair for the employees and employers. -
Ludlow Massacre
This was another strike that ended badly. A lot of people lost lives and unions lost popularity, because none of the strikes were changing anything. They were just causing more problems and risking lives. -
Union of Working Women
A mill worker named Amelia, wrote that mill girls worked an average of nearly 13 hours a day. Went on strike and mobilized in politics when women couldn't even vote. -
Norris- LaGuardia Act
This Act was put in place to prevent employers from prohibiting people to join a union. With this in place employess had the choice to join a union or not, no matter what their boss said. Any violations to this act would be illegal. -
The Fair Labor Standards Act
minimum wage, over time, child labor laws -
Homestead Strike
Iron and steel workers who wanted good wages and good work rules. Homestead's management was determined to lower its costs of production by breaking the union. This left scars that have never fully healed after five generations. -
Haymarket Squire
This strike was an inneffective strike, buecause the bomb killed many people and didn't help improve wages or anything of that matter. The Unions may even have lost popularity since the strike got out of hand and hurt poeple.
