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WORKERS OF THE NATION UNITE. WORKERS ARE EXPLOITED Long hours and danger 12+ hours a day, 6 days a week No vacation, sick leave, unemployment, or workers.

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1 WORKERS OF THE NATION UNITE

2 WORKERS ARE EXPLOITED Long hours and danger 12+ hours a day, 6 days a week No vacation, sick leave, unemployment, or workers compensation

3 LABOR UNIONS EMERGE Workers deserved better conditions Organized into to unions to petition employers

4 20. KNIGHTS OF LABOR Labor union that accepted all races, genders, and religions. Advocated an eight-hour workday and equal pay for men and women.

5 21. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Focused on collective bargaining and relied on strikes as a major negotiating tool.

6 22. SOCIALISM An economic and political system based on government control of business and property and equal distribution of wealth.

7 STRIKES TURN VIOLENT Great Strike of 1877 Rail workers balked at wage cuts and shut down the nation’s railroads Pres. Hayes sends troops to stop the strike

8 23. HAYMARKET AFFAIR-1886 A meeting held by Knights of Labor that resulted in the death of seven police officers and turned the tide of public opinion against the labor movement.

9 GOVERNMENT PRESSURE ON UNIONS Sherman Anti-Trust Act Owners could claim that unions hurt interstate commerce “Yellow-dog contracts” Union membership declined in the early 1900s

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