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Workers Face Hardships Chapter 19 Section 3 Workers Face Hardships

Problems with Big Business In the late 1800s in America - Workers Faced: -Long Hours (10-12 per day) -Low wages ($10 per week, if lucky) -Unsafe conditions -Tedious (boring) work -Businesses prospered, often at their worker’s expense -Many workers responded by organizing

Workers Organize Anarchy – Want to abolish all government Labor Unions – Collections of workers that negotiate with business owners for better wages and working conditions Knights of Labor – Loose federation of workers from all sorts of trades Collective Bargaining – All workers of a business acting collectively by negotiating with management for wages, benefits and working conditions Many business leaders thought Unions were Socialists or Anarchists Socialism – System where all members of society are equal owners of all businesses, sharing all work and profit Anarchy – Want to abolish all government

Explain the Significance of… 1. Railroad Strike of 1877 (p. 199) 2. Homestead Strike (p. 200) 3. Pullman Strike (p. 201)