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Warm Up Define: Knights of Labor American Federation of Labor Eugene Debs Wobblies HW: Read the Haymarket Affair Timeline. Read PS about Albert Parsons and complete questions. Due next class!! TEST CORRECTIONS DUE ON TUESDAY!!

The Growth of the American Labor Movement Mullin

Labor Force Distribution 1870-1900

The Changing American Labor Force

Child Labor

“Galley Labor”

Labor Unrest: 1870-1900

An injury to one is the concern of all! Knights of Labor Terence V. Powderly An injury to one is the concern of all!

Goals of the Knights of Labor Eight-hour workday. Workers’ cooperatives. Worker-owned factories. Abolition of child and prison labor. Increased circulation of greenbacks. Equal pay for men and women. Safety codes in the workplace. Prohibition of contract foreign labor. Abolition of the National Bank.

The American Federation of Labor: 1886 Samuel Gompers

How the AF of L Would Help the Workers Catered to the skilled worker. Represented workers in matters of national legislation. Maintained a national strike fund. Evangelized the cause of unionism. Prevented disputes among the many craft unions. Mediated disputes between management and labor. Pushed for closed shops.

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

What happened The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was the country's first major rail strike and witnessed the first general strike in the nation's history. The strikes and the violence it created briefly paralyzed the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPhLKARAve4

The Tournament of Today: A Set-to Between Labor and Monopoly

Anarchists Meet on the Lake Front in 1886

McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Haymarket Riot (1886) http://www.history.com/topics/haymarket-riot/videos McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.

Haymarket Affair The Haymarket affair was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration Haymarket Square in Chicago.

Activity and HW ACTIVITY: Complete PSA on Pullman Strike. Then reflect: “What is the point of a strike?” YOU WILL FINISH THIS PPT AND TAKE NOTES ON YOUR OWN. WE WILL BEGIN OUR NEXT UNIT NEXT CLASS. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING THIS PPT AND DOING THE ASSIGNED HW.

Warm Up Define anarchism, Samuel Gompers, Socialism, and Eugene Debs.

Homestead Steel Strike (1892) Homestead Steel Works The Amalgamated Association of Iron & Steel Workers

The Pullman Strike of 1894

Pullman Strike A 1894 strike by railroad workers upset by drastic wage cuts. The strike was led by socialist Eugene Debs but not supported by the AFL Eventually President Grover Cleveland intervened and federal troops forced an end to the strike.

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The Socialists Eugene V. Debs

Eugene Debs Was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World Through his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States.

International Workers of the World (“Wobblies”)

I W W & the Internationale

Internationale It was adopted by French socialists and subsequently by others, and was the official anthem of the former Soviet Union until 1944. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9TGCG-p52I

HW: Complete Homestead Strike PSA including CC videos on Progressivism! Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Q4zPR4G7M&index=28&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7flSW1PGsA&index=30&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s

Warm Up: “The Hand That Will Rule the World One Big Union”- What does it mean?

Mother Jones: “The Miner’s Angel” Mary Harris. Organizer for the United Mine Workers. Founded the Social Democratic Party in 1898. One of the founding members of the I. W. W. in 1905.

The “Formula” unions + violence + strikes + socialists + immigrants = anarchists

Reds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUwsrapJcA0

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HW Complete Muckraking PSA. Due next class