1. Fixing labor conditions and the Progressive movement
Labor Strikes
Fixing labor conditions and the Progressive movement

2. Labor Strikes
By the end of the 19th century, many workers belonged to these labor unions
Unions started to argue vocally for change and encouraged workers to join

3. Labor Strikes Some things that organized labor fought for included:
8 hour work day
Better wages
Better conditions
More gov’t involvement

4. Labor Strikes
What happened when organized labor couldn’t negotiate with business owners on a better work life?
Strike!!

5. Labor Strikes
If bargaining failed, labor unions often used strikes, or work stoppages to achieve their goals
The strikes in the late 1800s started peacefully, but eventually turned violent (riots)
The owners often called on gov’t troops to put down the strikes

6. Labor Strikes Some of the most famous strikes included:
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The Great Railway Strike
The Haymarket Riot
The Homestead Strike
The Pullman Strike

7. Great Railway Strike
Video

8. Haymarket Riot

9. Homestead Strike
Video

10. Pullman Strike

11. Labor Strikes
The way that workers strike today is a direct result of the workers from the industrialization era

12. Labor Strikes

13. Progressive Era
By 1900, things begin to change in America and for the next 20 years, we enter the “Progressive Era”
Americans began to react to the working conditions by working for change

14. Progressive Era 1900-1920 These reformers were known as Progressives
These progressives had different methods for achieving change instead of strikes
They used the gov’t heavily, and Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson started programs to help them