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The National Trades union
The national trades union was founded, the first union -
National Labor Relations Act
(wagner Act) protected the rights of workers to organize and elect representitives for collective bargaining -
Commonwealth v. Hunt
in Mass. unions were indeed legal -
Knights Of Labor
Founded by Uriah Stephens in about ten years thei numbers grew almost to 10,000, including women. won several important strikes. popularity declined when accused of killing 7 police officers in haymarket square -
Founded American Federation of labor
founded by Samuel Gompers, organized skilled workers by crafts fought for higher wagesshorter hours and better conditions with collective bargaining -
United mine workers
miners formed a union to imporve conditions and wgaes for miners -
Homestead Strike
Steel company hired a private police to protect the strike breakers conflict insued and left 16 dead. -
American Railway Union
founded by Railroad Fireman Eugene Debs -
Fair Labor Standards Act
established minimum wage (25 cents an hour) and time and a half for over forty hours of work a week. -
Fair labor Act
prohibited child labor
