Changes In The Way We Work: Power to People

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Changes In The Way We Work: Power to People

Sweatshops Those who were immigrating over to the United States sometimes found jobs in sweatshops Sweatshops: hot, crowded, dangerous factories Their pay would be about $10 a week

As Products Got Better, Working Conditions Got Worse Less Pay for Workers & Unsafe Working Conditions  Dull & Repetitive Job (risking injury) No Days Off & 10-12 HR Workdays (no sick days either) Cheaper Products & Cost of Delivery $$$$ Faster Production (so we have MORE stuff!) $$$ No Shortages in Supplies $$

The Power of the People Unhappy with working conditions workers begin to organize and form Labor Unions Labor unions: formed to improve working conditions, and assist to bargain for better wages Early Unions: Knights of Labor: this was a loose federation of workers from different trades & unlike order unions they allowed women. After 1878 they would also allow African Americans. Major concerns of unions during this time of mass immigration was that new immigrants would take their jobs

American Federation of Labor 1886, Samuel Gompers helped form the AFL Used to achieve goals Negotiations Strikes Boycotts 1.7 million members by 1904 AFL had success, but national labor conflicts grew more bitter

Children! To Work! Now! Employers weren’t concerned about children forming Unions or Striking Employers could force children to work long hours Employers could justify paying children low pay

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Mother Jones Moved to Chicago, started dressmaking business Became effective labor leader who organized meetings, gave speeches and helped strikers Her mission was to get children OUT of factories & IN to schools

Haymarket Affair 1886, Chicago industrial workers striking for an 8 hour work day. Police attempt to break up a peaceful meeting A bomb is thrown into the police ranks Police open fire Workers return fire Seven police officers killed, unknown number of workers killed Bomber never identified On May 4, 1886, a labor protest rally near Chicago’s Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. Despite a lack of evidence against them, eight radical labor activists were convicted in connection with the bombing. The Haymarket Riot was viewed a setback for the organized labor movement in America, which was fighting for such rights as the eight-hour workday. At the same time, the men convicted in connection with the riot were viewed by many in the labor movement as martyrs.

Pullman Strike 1894, Pullman Co. refused to negotiate American Railway Union president Eugene V. Debs urged workers to not handle Pullman cars Rail traffic stopped President Cleveland called on federal troops Strike ends, Debs jailed

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Return of the Grudge… These were hot, crowded, dangerous factories. (try to spell this correctly – say the word in your head and phonetically sound it out left to right) Labor unions bargained for better _______ & _______ . She fought to get children out of factories and into schools. Worth up to 3 points!!