1. Workers Face Hardships
Chapter 19 Section 3
Workers Face Hardships

2. Problems with Big Business
In the late 1800s in America - Workers Faced:
-Long Hours (10-12 per day)
-Low wages ($10 per week, if lucky)
-Unsafe conditions
-Tedious (boring) work
-Businesses prospered, often at their worker’s expense
-Many workers responded by organizing

3. Workers Organize Anarchy – Want to abolish all government
Labor Unions – Collections of workers that negotiate with business owners for better wages and working conditions
Knights of Labor – Loose federation of workers from all sorts of trades
Collective Bargaining – All workers of a business acting collectively by negotiating with management for wages, benefits and working conditions
Many business leaders thought Unions were Socialists or Anarchists
Socialism – System where all members of society are equal owners of all businesses, sharing all work and profit
Anarchy – Want to abolish all government

4. Explain the Significance of…
1. Railroad Strike of 1877 (p. 199)
2. Homestead Strike (p. 200)
3. Pullman Strike (p. 201)