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Labor Force Distribution 1870-1900
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The Changing American Labor Force
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Child Labor
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“Galley Labor”
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Labor Unrest: 1870-1900
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The Corporate “Bully-Boys”: Pinkerton Agents
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Management vs. Labor “Tools” of Management “Tools” of Labor “scabs” P. R. campaign Pinkertons lockout blacklisting yellow-dog contracts court injunctions open shop boycotts sympathy demonstrations informational picketing closed shops organized strikes “wildcat” strikes
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A Striker Confronts a SCAB!
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The Tournament of Today: A Set-to Between Labor and Monopoly
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Anarchists Meet on the Lake Front in 1886
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Important Strikes 1B & O Railroad 18771B & O Railroad 1877 –Workers upset about cut in wages –Stop working on RR and many shut down throughout the US –Federal troops put down strike Haymarket Affair 1886Haymarket Affair 1886 –3,000 meet in Chicago square to protest police brutality toward strikers –Bomb tossed on police line & police fire back –7 police officers and 7 workers killed –Speakers convicted of inciting riot 4 executed & 1 committed suicide in prison4 executed & 1 committed suicide in prison
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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
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Haymarket Square
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Haymarket Riot (1886) McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.
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The American Federation of Labor: 1886 Samuel Gompers
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How the AF of L Would Help the Workers ù Catered to the skilled worker. ù Represented workers in matters of national legislation. ù Maintained a national strike fund. ù Evangelized the cause of unionism. ù Prevented disputes among the many craft unions. ù Mediated disputes between management and labor. ù Pushed for closed shops.
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Homestead Steel Strike (1892) The Amalgamated Association of Iron & Steel Workers Homestead Steel Works
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Big Corporate Profits!
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The Tournament of Today: A Set-to Between Labor and Monopoly
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Muckrakers Journalists try to expose the corrupt practicesJournalists try to expose the corrupt practices Known as muckrakersKnown as muckrakers –Ida M. Tardell- History of Standard Oil looks at Rockefeller’s practices –Upton Sinclair – the Jungle refers to problems in the food industry
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Ida Tarbell Why do you think she is so significant?Why do you think she is so significant? –1 st time investigative journalism hit the main stream Has become the foundation of journalism todayHas become the foundation of journalism today –She was a women..and in those days…they just didn’t do what she did Erin Brockavich would be the Ira of our timeErin Brockavich would be the Ira of our time
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Summarize On the space provided at the bottom of your notes, summarize in your own words what we have just discussedOn the space provided at the bottom of your notes, summarize in your own words what we have just discussed You have 2 minutesYou have 2 minutes
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A “Company Town”: Pullman, IL A “Company Town”: Pullman, IL
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Pullman Cars A Pullman porter
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The Pullman Strike of 1894
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Pullman Strike Panic of 1893, many Pullman workers fired & others lose wagesPanic of 1893, many Pullman workers fired & others lose wages –Strike in spring of 1894 –Pullman hires strike breakers –Turns violent- federal troops sent in All strikers fired and blacklisted from other jobsAll strikers fired and blacklisted from other jobs
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President Grover Cleveland If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago, that card will be delivered!
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The Pullman Strike of 1894 Government by injunction!
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International Workers of the World (“Wobblies”)
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“Big Bill” Haywood of the IWW Violence was justified to overthrow capitalism.
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I W W & the Internationale
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The Hand That Will Rule the World One Big Union
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The “Formula” unions + violence + strikes + socialists + immigrants = anarchists
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Labor Union Membership
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Pencils Down
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“Solidarity Forever!” by Ralph Chapin (1915) When the union's inspiration through the workers‘ blood shall run, There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun; Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one, But the union makes us strong! CHORUS: Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong!
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Come On and Sing Along!!
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“Solidarity Forever!” Is there aught we hold in common with the greedy parasite, Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might? Is there anything left to us but to organize and fight? For the union makes us strong! CHORUS: Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong!
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“Solidarity Forever!” Through our sisters and our brothers we can make our union strong, For respect and equal value, we have done without too long. We no longer have to tolerate injustices and wrongs, Yes, the union makes us strong! * * * * Through our sisters and our brothers we can make our union strong, For respect and equal value, we have done without too long. We no longer have to tolerate injustices and wrongs, Yes, the union makes us strong! CHORUS: Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong!
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Workers Benefits Today
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The Rise & Decline of Organized Labor
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Right-to-Work States Today
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Unionism & Globalization?
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