GREAT STRIKES. SOCIALISM  Early Labor Unions 1.Knights of Labor- (Noble Order- 1869)  Discriminated against women and African Americans.

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GREAT STRIKES

SOCIALISM  Early Labor Unions 1.Knights of Labor- (Noble Order- 1869)  Discriminated against women and African Americans

SOCIALISM 2.American Federation of Labor (AFL- 1886) a.Samuel Gompers 1.African Americans and Women joined 2.Collective Bargaining- negotiations 3.*Organized blue and white collar workers

GROWING FRICTION A.Employers disliked and feared unions 1.“Yellow Dog” papers- the worker agreed not to engage in collective labor action

STRIKES ROCK NATION A.RR strike Baltimore and Ohio  Ended by federal troops B.Haymarket Strike 1886  Ended in a massacre

HAYMARKET STRIKE CONTINUED…  Chicago’s McCormick reaper factory  Demanded 8 hour work day  Bombing & Violence  Anarchists  Blamed and executed

HOMESTEAD STRIKE Struck Andrew Carnegie 2.Henry Frick a.Pinkertons called in to protect plant b.After a while, strikers gave in to company

PULLMAN STRIKE depression a.Eugene Debs- American Railway Union rep boycotts Pullman b.Ends in violence

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