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Workers Unite Unions Unions- organization of workers - PowerPoint Presentation

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Workers Unite Unions Unions- organization of workers - PPT Presentation

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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Slide1

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

8

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

3

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)