1. 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!!

2. The Growth
of the
American
Labor Movement
Mullin

3. Labor Force Distribution 1870-1900

4. The Changing American Labor Force

5. Child Labor

6. “Galley Labor”

7. Labor Unrest:

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

9. 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.

10. The American Federation of Labor: 1886
Samuel Gompers

11. 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.

12. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

13. 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.

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

15. Anarchists Meet on the Lake Front in 1886

16. McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.
Haymarket Riot (1886)
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.

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

18. 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.

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

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

21. The Pullman Strike of 1894

22. 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.

23. President Grover Cleveland
If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago, that card will be delivered!

24. Chinese Exclusion Act Barred Chinese immigration for 10 years
Prevent Chinese already in the US from becoming citizens
Caused by:
Fear of cheap labor
Nativist sentiments
European Immigrants were more willing to assimilate into the American Culture

25. The Socialists
Eugene V. Debs

26. 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.

27. International Workers of the World (“Wobblies”)

28. I W W & the Internationale

29. Internationale
It was adopted by French socialists and subsequently by others, and was the official anthem of the former Soviet Union until 1944.

30. HW:
Complete Homestead Strike PSA including CC videos on Progressivism!
Video 1:
Video 2:

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

32. 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.

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

34. Reds

35. What are international labor unions setting the stage for?
THINK!!!!

36. Labor Union Membership

37. Workers Benefits Today

38. HW
Complete Muckraking PSA.
Due next class