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Mother Jones
Organized labor movements. -
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Samuel Gompers
Founded the AFL. -
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Eugene V. debs
Founder of IWW -
American Federation of Labor
First American Labor Movement -
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Yellow-Dog Contracts
Contracts made by employers that said that the employees could not join into unions. -
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Contract
Written agreement between two people. -
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Collective bargaining
Negotiations between many employees and employer about working conditions. -
Triange Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Fire in a factory in which women worked. The women would be locked in the factory until the work was done, so when the fire struck they had nowhere to go and died. -
Department of Labor
Promoted the working conditions of the United States. -
Clayton Act
Antitrust laws could not affect unions -
Ludlow Massacre
19-25 people killed beacause of coal miners striking. -
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World War One
War between between Allied and Central Powers.
USA, Great Brittain, Italy, Russia, and France were Allies.
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Adamson Act
States that employers could only give employees a maximum of 8 hour workdays and any time spent working past that must be paid overtime. -
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Open Shop
Employees do not have to be in a union. -
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Closed Shop
Need to be in a union to work. -
Davis-Bacon Act
Contractors had to pay employees at least the local minimum wage. (Before an actual minimum wage) -
Norris-LaGuardia Act
Banned Yellow-Dog Contracts, made unions better for everyone. -
Wagner Act
Gives employees the rights to have collective bargaining and strike. -
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Union for industrial workers -
Minimum Wage established
The lowest amount of money an employer can pay an employee. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
Made a max 40 hour work week for businesses in commerce. Over 40 hours mean overtime.