workers of the nation unite. workers are exploited long hours and danger 12+ hours a day, 6 days a...
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WORKERS OF THE NATION UNITE
WORKERS ARE EXPLOITED• Long hours and
danger• 12+ hours a day, 6
days a week• No vacation, sick leave,
unemployment, or workers compensation
LABOR UNIONS EMERGE•Workers deserved better conditions• Organized into to unions to petition employers
20. KNIGHTS OF LABOR• Labor union that accepted all races, genders, and religions. Advocated an eight-hour workday and equal pay for men and women.
21. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR• Focused on collective bargaining and relied on strikes as a major negotiating tool.
22. SOCIALISM• An economic and political system
based on government control of business and property and equal distribution of wealth.
STRIKES TURN VIOLENT• Great Strike of 1877• Rail workers balked at wage cuts
and shut down the nation’s railroads
• Pres. Hayes sends troops to stop the strike
23. HAYMARKET AFFAIR-1886• A meeting held by Knights of Labor that
resulted in the death of seven police officers and turned the tide of public opinion against the labor movement.
GOVERNMENT PRESSURE ON UNIONS• Sherman Anti-Trust Act• Owners could claim that unions hurt
interstate commerce• “Yellow-dog contracts”• Union membership declined in the early
1900s