Early Labor Movements By dallas.furber 1869 Colored National Labor Union Formed 1885 Successful Strike by Knights of Labor 1892 Iron and Steel Union defeated at Homestead, PA 1894 Boycott of Pullman Sleeping Cars leads to rail strike 1902 Anthracite Strike 1903 Mother Jones' Child Labor Laws March in Philidelphia 1903 Women's Trade Union League Founded 1909 McKees Rock, PA- Steel Strike 1912 Bread and Roses Strike 1914 Colorado Miners' Strike