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13 Amendment
_ Passed by congress on january 31, 1865 and ratified by the states on december 6, 1865.
_ This amendment abolished slavery. -
knights of labor
_ Was the largest & one of the most important american labor organzations of the 1880s.
_ American labor organizations of the 1880s. -
The first labor day
_ Mc Guire thought american workers should be honored with their own day.
_ In early 1882 is when he prepoused his idea. -
Samuel Gompers
_ Samuel Gompers was the first and longest serving president of AFL..
_When samual gompers was president the AFL became the largest and most influential labor federal in the world. -
AFL (American Federdation of labor)
_ Its a national labor association. _ It was founded in columbus ohio in may 1886. -
The homestead strike
_ One of the most powerful new corporations.
_ It was idustrial block out and began on june 30 1892. -
Pullman Strike
_ It was railroad strike and this strike was agaisnt the pullman company.
_ It was also against the main railroads and the federal goverment of the untied states. -
Shirt waist Factory Fire
_ Was the deadlist industial disater in history of the city & U.S history.
_ The triangle shirtwasit factory fire in manhatton New York city on march 25, 1911. -
The wagger act
_ It proposed a new independent agency it gave employees the right to from and join unions.
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Taft Hartley
_ Was passed in 1947 to establish remedies for unfair labor pratice committed by unions.
_ National labor relations act also known as the wagner act of 1935.
