to fight for better rights Strikes workers unite and refuse to work until needs are met Opposing Unions Yellowdog contract required a worker to not join a Union Lockout employers prevent unions from forming by denying them entry to work ID: 637802
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Workers UniteSlide2
Unions
Unions- organization of workers
to fight for better rights
Strikes- workers unite and refuse to work until needs are met. Slide3
Opposing Unions
Yellow-dog contract- required a worker to not join a Union
Lockout- employers prevent unions from forming by denying them entry to work
Blacklist- list of people considered union startersSlide4
The Great Strike of 1877
First major organized strike
railroad workers protested
a cut in wages walked off job and smashed equipmentPresident Hayes sent
army to
reopen
railroadSlide5
Larger Labor Unions
Knights of Labor- first labor union that opened membership to EVERY worker who wanted it
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hour workday, equal pay for women, end to child laborSlide6
Haymarket Affair
Haymarket Affair (1886)- Police try to break up rally supporting
nationwide
strike for 8 hour workday in ChicagoA bomb is thrown at police 11 people dieThis hurts the K.O.L.Slide7
American Federation of Labor
Formed by Samuel Gompers
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aims:Collective bargaining- negotiations between workers and employersClosed shops- companies could only hire union members
8 hour workday Slide8
Homestead Strike (1892)
Workers strike at one of the Carnegie Steel mills due to wages being cut
Led to an armed conflict and 12 deathsSlide9
American Railway Union (1893)
founded
by socialist Eugene V. Debs
Socialism- government ownership of all industriesLed Pullman Strike-
a railroad company, slashed workers
wages
Strike ends when President Cleveland orders mail attached to rail cars (federal crime to obstruct mail)