1. WORKERS OF THE NATION UNITE
CHAPTER 6 - SECTION 3B
WORKERS
OF THE
NATION
UNITE
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2. WORKERS FEEL EXPLOITED
Children and young people working in vegetable cannery
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3. WORKERS FEEL EXPLOITED
12 + HOURS / DAY
DANGEROUS WORK
NO BENEFITS
NO WORKERS’ COMP.
$1-$2 /DAY
WOMEN, CHILDREN LESS
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
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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
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5. LABOR UNIONS EMERGE INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM KNIGHTS OF LABOR I-W-W
TIES WITH SOCIALISM
EUGENE V DEBS
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7. 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
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9. WOMEN IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT
1.MARY HARRIS
“MOTHER” JONES
2.PAULINE
NEWMAN
3.TRIANGLE
SHIRTWAIST
FIRE
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10. PRESSURES ON UNIONS BUSINESS OWNERS REFUSED TO NEGOTIATE
TRIED TO “BREAK” UNIONS
SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT
NEGATIVE PUBLIC OPINION
SOCIALISM / COMMUNISM
1900 = ONLY 5% UNIONIZED
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