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13th Amendment
This amendment abolished slavery and involintary servitude. This was the first of the three reconstruction amendments following the Civil War -
The Founder of National Labor Union
William H. Sylvis was a pioneer American trade union leader. Sylvis is best remembered as a founder of the Iron Molders' International Union and the National Labor Union. -
National Labor Union
The National Labor Union was the first national labor federation in the United States. This event made a pathway for other organizations such as Knights of Labor. -
Knights of Labor
The Knights of Labor (K of L) , officially Noble and Holy order of the Knights of Labor, was the largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s. It''s most important leader was Terence v. Powderly. -
Great Southwest Railroad Strike
The Great Southwest Railroad Strike was a strike against the labor union strike and the Misouri Pacific railroads. This strike involved more than 200,000 poeple. The failure of this strike led directly to the collapse of the Knights of Labor and the formation of the American Federation of Labor. -
Haymarket Riot
This took place after a bomb went of at the labor demonstration in Chicago. This riot lasted for 8 hours and about 15 police officers died due to someone throwing dynamite at them. This riot was also known as the Haymarket Affair. -
American Federation of Labor
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was a national federational of labor unions in the United States. It was founded in Columbus,Ohio, in May 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor a national labor association. -
Homestead Srike
This was an industrial lockout that happened between strikers and private security guards. The final result was a major failure for the union and caused a huge setback to unionize steelworkers -
Pullman Strike
The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike. This specific strike ended up shutting down much of the nation's freight and passenger traffic west in Michigan. It was about 4,000 workers that started the strike due to low wages. -
Textile Workers Strike of 1934
This event happened a year after the New Deal happened and after the creation of the National Recovery Administration. This strike lasted for 22 days with over 400,000 people striking. -
The Wagner Act
The Wagner Act, this bill was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt, It established the National Labor Relations board and addressed relations between unions and employers in the private sector. -
1930's General Motors Sit Down Strike
Autoworkers started to strike to get recognition of the United Auto Workers as the only bargaining agent for GM's workers. Strikers also wanted to stop the company from sending work to non union plants. They also wanted to establish a fair minimum wages. -
Fair Labor Standards
This event was also referred to as the wages and hours bill. This is a federal statue of the United States. -
Taft-Hartley
This is a United States federal law that restricts the activities and power of labor unions.This bill had so much attention that it overcame President Truman veto. -
Steel Strike of 1959
This strike happened because people wanted management to change the number of workers that are tasked to a sspecific thing. The union sued to have the act unconstitutional but the supreme court didn't do anything about it.
