1. The Rise of Organized Labor 20-4

2. Free Write 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?

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

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

8. Stop and Think What is a sweatshop? Describe working conditions for many people during the industrial age. 3 lines!

9. Unions Unions began to form Unions fought for 3 MAIN THINGS –1. Better Hours –2. Better Pay –3. Better Conditions- safer environments Collective Bargaining- worker’s right to negotiate working conditions with the owners/bosses

10. 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

11. Triangle Factory Fire Triangle Fire Triangle Fire Tragic fire that killed many people due to unsafe conditions

12. Stop and Think What did unions fight for? What took place at the Triangle Factory fire? What was the impact?

13. Nike: Behind the Swoosh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= M5uYCWVfuPQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= M5uYCWVfuPQ Homework: one paragraph. –Explain what you saw. How does it make you feel? Do you think that this type of work is unfair? Why or why not?