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Worker’s rights of late 1800s

 Business grew due to factory  Mining became popular BIG BUSINESS IN AMERICA

 Men  Women  Children  Immigrants needing work WORKERS IN FACTORIES

 Long hours  Work 12 hour days  7 days a week FACTORY WORK

 Little pay for work  Men $10 a week  Women $7 a week  Based on what could produce.  Children 10 to 20 cents a day. WAGES/PAY FOR WORK

 Very tight work space.  Very hot  Not clean.  Sweat Shops ENVIRONMENT

 Some as young as 4  Small hands can reach places. CHILDREN IN FACTORIES

 Didn’t consider workers feeling  Wanted profit BUSINESS INDUSTRY

 No fire escapes  Worried workers  Disaster: Fire  Death of Workers  l.edu/trianglefire/ l.edu/trianglefire/ TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST COMPANY

 Want change  Need someone to unite  Samuel Gompers WORKERS DEMAND CHANGE

 Group to help with worker’s rights. CREATION OF LABOR UNION

what do you think this image means? How does this connect with worker’s right?

 Shorter work week/day (8 hours 5 days)  Better wages  Better working conditions  Insurance benefits  End child labor WHAT LABOR UNIONS WANTED TO SEE CHANGE IN WORK PLACE

 Used strikes to help get point across. HOW THE UNIONS REACHED THEIR GOAL

STRIKES

 Some strikes led to violence HOMESTEAD STRIKE

PULLMAN STRIKE

DO YOU THINK THE TACTICS WORKED? WERE THE LABOR UNIONS SUCCESSFUL? THINK ABOUT OUR WORKING CONDITIONS TODAY TO HELP DECIDE.