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WORKERS OF THE NATION UNITE CHAPTER 6 - SECTION 3B WORKERS OF THE NATION UNITE 11/29/2018 MAH 6-4

WORKERS FEEL EXPLOITED Children and young people working in vegetable cannery 11/29/2018 MAH 6-4

WORKERS FEEL EXPLOITED 12 + HOURS / DAY DANGEROUS WORK NO BENEFITS NO WORKERS’ COMP. $1-$2 /DAY WOMEN, CHILDREN LESS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION 11/29/2018 MAH 6-4

LABOR UNIONS EMERGE NATIONAL LABOR UNION 8 HOUR WORK DAY (1868) CRAFT UNIONISM AM. FEDERATION OF LABOR COLLECTIVE BARGINING STRIKES 20,000 IN 10 YRS SAMUEL GOMPERS 11/29/2018 MAH 6-4

LABOR UNIONS EMERGE INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM KNIGHTS OF LABOR I-W-W TIES WITH SOCIALISM EUGENE V DEBS 11/29/2018 MAH 6-4

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STRIKES TURN VIOLENT … AND FAIL ! THE GREAT STRIKE OF 1877 PRES. HAYES CALLS TROOPS THE HAYMARKET RIOT (1886) PUB. OP. AGAINST UNIONS HOMESTEAD STRIKE (1892) PINKERTON GUARDS / SCABS THE PULLMAN STRIKE (1894) WAGES LOWERED, SAME RENT 11/29/2018 MAH 6-4

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WOMEN IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT 1.MARY HARRIS “MOTHER” JONES 2.PAULINE NEWMAN 3.TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE 11/29/2018 MAH 6-4

PRESSURES ON UNIONS BUSINESS OWNERS REFUSED TO NEGOTIATE TRIED TO “BREAK” UNIONS SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT NEGATIVE PUBLIC OPINION SOCIALISM / COMMUNISM 1900 = ONLY 5% UNIONIZED 11/29/2018 MAH 6-4

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