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2 National movements Refused to let in colored workers Created own unions American Federation of Labor (founded 1886) tied together different craft unions – skilled Industrial Workers of the World Tied together unskilled workers Yellow Dog contracts get the job if you don’t join a union

3 Industrial Revolution Business consolidated – workers felt they needed to also Laborers got together Work against unsafe conditions Shorter work days/weeks Vacation time Sick time Unemployment Workers Compensation

4 War time Unions boomed Businesses made more but didn’t pay more A lot of strikes Work or fight

5 1920s Union membership falls Saw unions as planning a revolution (communist) Immigrant workforce (work cheap) Many languages (difficult to organize) Farmers were use to relying on themselves No African Americans

6 1930s Wagner Act Better working conditions Better bargaining FDR – Friend of Labor

7 AFL-CIO AFL doesn’t like industry unions Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) broken off AFL Allowed industry union

8 Ethnic Unions Af-Am union Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters set foundations for Civil Rights Mexican Am Stayed on farm – wages 9 cents /hr Tried to unionize but faced discrimination from farmers Got some help from New Deal Discrimination of migrant workers – no permanent address

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