1. By: Masai Brown-Andrews, Philip Horrigan, and Charlie Price
Labor Unions
By: Masai Brown-Andrews, Philip Horrigan, and Charlie Price

2. What is a labor Union and what did they do?
Definition: An organization that brings together workers in the same trade to fight for better pay or working conditions
They organize strikes and negotiations with employers

3. WHy were they helpful?
They provided power for the workers that were usually powerless
They found power in numbers
They were organized so their protests and strikes were more effective

4. Back in the day There were not unions for different trades
One of the first unions was the Knights of Labor - a general union that protected all people, no exceptions
When they failed because employers started to fire people who joined them, the American Federation of Labor was formed

5. The American Federation of Labor
This new organization was more peaceful, no more riots, and this helped them survive
They were a group of unions that would band together to solve the big problems that workers faced

6. How to defeat a union
A bunch of workers who worked for Henry Clay Frick in Pennsylvania went on strike for their bad working conditions and it didn’t work out so well for them. Henry Clay Frick decided to hire non-union workers to replace them and they all lost their jobs.