1. Worker’s Rights

2. Positives & Negatives Standard of living up Wages up Unions form
Danger/unhealthy
22 cents an hour
59 hr weeks
Worker resentment
Wage cuts

3. Union: association of workers to improve conditions
Trade union: skilled craftsman
Strike: stop work to protest
Blacklist: list of “troublemakers”
Lockout: cannot enter facilities to work
Collective bargain: negotiations between workers & employers
Scabs: strikebreakers, work during strike

4. US Government role
1. Laws: no laws protecting workers rights to unionize
2. Courts: rule that unions are illegal conspiracies that restrain trade

5. Reactions Anarchism: society does not need government; revolution
Examples: none
Methods: advocate violence, terrorism to trigger revolution

6. Reactions Marxism: class struggle, worker revolution
Examples: Russian, Chinese, & Cuban Revolution
Methods: workers overthrow government, replace with classless society, equal division of property

7. Reactions Unionism: workers association
Examples: Knights of labor- 1872
8 hr work day, equal pay for women, no child labor, worker owned factory
AFL Trade Union
Samuel Gompers – demand increased wages, closed shops, collective bargaining
Methods: work with government, negotiate better conditions, 8 hr day, minimum wage, safety regulations, max hours per day, overtime, recognition of unions, health insurance, pension plans