1. The Rise of Organized Labor
Social Studies
Council Rock South

2. Warm Up Do you have a job? What are your responsibilities? Is it hard?
What are your hours?
Do you like working/your job?
If you do not have a job, what would be an ideal working situation for you?
How can you compare your current working conditions to what you saw and heard about today in class (Behind the Swoosh Documentary)?

3. A New Workplace
Pre-Civil War- most factories were small and family owned
Bosses knew workers by name
By late 1880’s that relationship began to change

4. A New Workplace People worked all day at machines
large, crowded, noisy rooms
Extremely long hours and low wages, dangerous conditions
Sweatshops (Factories)
By 1900 nearly 2 million children under age 15, were at work in factories
12 hours a day, 6 days a week

5. Compare and Contrast

6. Compare and Contrast

7. Compare and Contrast

8. Unions Unions began to form Unions fought for 3 MAIN THINGS
1. Better Hours (Leads to 8 hr. work day)
2. Better Pay
3. Better Conditions- safer environments
Collective Bargaining- worker’s right to negotiate working conditions with the owners/bosses

9. The Rise of Organized Labor
The Knights of Labor- a union for skilled workers only.
American Federation of Labor (AFL)- Large union, made up of other smaller trade unions.
ILGWU- The International Ladies Garment Workers Union, made up of females working in the textile industry.