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AFL (american federation of labor)
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was organized as an association of trade unions in 1886.
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. -
emma goldman
she joined the burgeoning anarchist movement in 1889. -
collective bargaining
negotiations between employees and employers aimed at reaching agreements to working conditions -
samuel gompers
Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and served as that organization's president from 1886 to 1894 and from 1895 until his death in 1924.During World War I, Gompers and the AFL openly supported the war effort attempting to avoid strikes and boost morale while raising wage rates and expanding membership -
international ladies garment workers union
ILGWU was founded in 1900 in New York City by seven local unions, with a few thousand members between them. The union grew rapidly in the next few years but began to stagnate as the conservative leadership favored the interests of skilled workers, such as cutters. This did not sit well with the majority of immigrant workers, particularly Jewish workers with a background in Bundist activities in Tsarist Russia, or with Polish and Italian workers -
department of labor
this is a cabinet department that is in charge of occupationaly saftey, wage and hour standards, insurance benefits, etc. -
triangle shirtwaist factory fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers, who died from the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling or jumping to their deaths -
ludlow massacre
the colorado national guard attacked a group of 1200 striking coal miners and their families, 19 to 25 people were killed -
WW1
the Allies or the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and Russia, and the Central Powers originally the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy -
clayton act
Under the Clayton Act, only civil suits could be brought to the court's attention and a provision, permits a suit in the federal courts for three times the actual damages caused by anything forbidden in the antitrust laws -
eugene v. debs
(November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) founding leader of industrial world of workers. Through his presidential candidacies,as his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of themost known socialists living in the united states -
adamson act
established an 8 hour work day, in addition with pay for over time. congress passed thios law to stop the nation wide strike. -
closed shop
A closed shop is a union security agreement under which the employer agrees to hire union members. employees must remain members of the union at all times in order to remain employed. -
norris la guardia act
was a 1932 United States federal law that banned yellow-dog contracts, barred the federal courts from issuing injunctions against nonviolent labor disputes, and created a positive right of noninterference by employers against workers joining trade unions. -
international workers of the world
at the groups peak in 1923 the group had some100,000 members and could marshall 30,000 workers. the group declined dramatically after severe government repression -
minimim wage
A minimum wage is the lowest hourly, daily or monthly remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers. Equivalently, it is the lowest wage at which workers may sell their labor. Although minimum wage laws are in effect in many jurisdictions, differences of opinion exist about the benefits and drawbacks of a minimum wage. -
great depression
In the 21st century, the depression originated in the U.S after the fall in stock prices that began around September 4, 1929, with the stock market crash of October 29, 1929 (known as Black Tuesday). -
davis bacon act
establishes the requirement for paying the local prevailing wages on public works projects -
wagner act
is a 1935 United States federal law that protects the rights of employees in the private sector to discuss organizing and workplace issues with coworkers and take part in strike in support of their demands -
CIO (congress of industrial organizations)
The rivalry for dominance was bitter and sometimes violent. The CIO (Committee for Industrial Organization) was founded on November 9, 1935, by eight international unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
