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the 13th admendment
-the admentment abolished slavery and involutary servitude exept as punishment by a crime.
-congress pass it on april 8 1854 and by the house in janurary 31 in 1865 -
National Labor Union
-The national Labor Union was the first national labor federation of the United States and it was dissolved in 1867
-this federation layed the path for the knights of labor and the AFL -
knights of Labor
-The Knights of Labor began as a secret society of tailors in Philadelphia in 1869.
-The organization grew slowly during the hard years of the 1870s but worker militancy rose toward the end of the decade especially after the great railroad strike of 1877 and the Knights’ membership rose with it.
-the group group to be over 700,000 members by 1886 -
the fisrt labor day
-The very first Labor Day was held on a Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City.
-The day was celebrated with a picnic, concert and speeches.
-Ten thousand workers marched in a parade from City Hall to Union Square.
soon after the celebration was moved to the first monday of september -
AFL (american Federation of Labor) is created
-the AFL was founded by samuel gompers
-the same year the Knights of labor dealt a harsh blow
-The A.F. of L. was a loose grouping of smaller craft unions, such as the masons' union, the hatmakers' union or Gompers's own cigarmakers' union.
-Every member of the A.F. of L. was therefore a skilled worker. -
the Homestead Strike
The Homestead strike, in Homestead, Pennsylvania, pitted one of the most powerful new corporations, Carnegie Steel Company, against the nation’s strongest trade union, the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers -
Shirtwaist Factory Fire
-on march 25 1911 the shirtwaist company factory in new york city burned killing 145 workers.
-it is considedred one of the most infamous incidents in american industrial history as the deaths were largely preventable for there been safety masures put in place. -
Textile Workers Strike of 1934
-In 1934 the year after the start of the New Deal and the creation of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) textile workers across the Southern United States went on strike.
-The U.S. textile industry had begun to suffer in 1929 Wages fell, and to reduce costs, mill managers implemented a "stretch-out," increasing individual workers' responsibilities while banning restroom trips and other breaks. -
Fair Labor Act Of 1938
-the billwas signed by president Franklin D. Rosevelt
-it established a minimun wage, over time requirements and standards for child labor
-the act sprung from the great depression -
steel strike of 1959
-Members of the United Steelworkers of America went on strike against the major U.S. steel producers on July 15, 1959 the start of record 116-day steel industry strike.
-The key issue in the strike was contract language on new technology and job security.
- it appeared the walkout would be prolonged, Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower invoked the back-to-work provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act, anti-union legislation passed by Congress in 1947.
