Growth of the labor movement

  • First of labor laws

    First of labor laws

    The FOTLU was the federalation of labor unions created in Pettysburg.
  • First Parade

    First Parade

    In the first labor parade 30,000 labor workers marched in New York.
  • Samuel Gompers

    Samuel Gompers

    Samuel Gompers sets up the American Ferderation of Labor a collection of trade unions that will play a major role in labor movement.
  • Mimimum wage law

    Mimimum wage law

    Massachusetts adopts the mimimum wage law.
  • Adamson Act

    Adamson Act

    The adamson act establishes an 8 hour work day for employess of interstate railroad.
  • Labor

    Labor

    Frances Perkins becomes Franklin Rosevelts's Secretary of labor, the first woman in us history to hold a cabient post.