Labor Movement

By lmleigh

  • Labor Strike of 1768

    The first labor strike in the United States.

  • Journeymen's Printers

    Workers for the Journeymens Printer company go on strike for better wages.

  • Albert Gallitins Glasswork

    Workers at the Gallitins glasswork company go on strike for better workering conditions.

  • Pawtucket Textile

    Workers at the Pawtucket Textile Mill go on strike to improve wage.

  • Lowell Mill

    Women working at the Lowell Mill textile mill created the first union for working Women.

  • Knights of Labor

    The Knights of Labor is founded by Uriah Stephens.

  • Alanta Washerwoman Strike

    Thousands of black washwomen went on strike for higher wages.

  • American Federation of Labor

    Samuel Goppers starts the American Federation of Labor.

  • Cripple Creek Miner Strike

    After the boom of the gold rush people flocked to Cripple and other mining towns. After this miners began to fight for their rights pushing back hours.

  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    When Firefighters arrived to fight the fires on the top floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory their ladders were not tall enough to reach the 10th floor. 146 of the workers died and it made an uprising of workers safety in the U.S,

  • Post War Strike

    After WWI Miners, Policemen and Textile workers strike causing chaos adding to the fear of the red scare.

  • Davis Bacon Act

    Requires federal contractors to pay their workers for local market to prevent outsourcing.

  • Norris-La Guardia Act

    Stating that contracts that force workers not to join a union have to be unforceable.

  • Fair Labor Standards Act

    Sets 40-hour work week with time and a half for extra hours and establishes minimum wage. Puts restrictions on child labor

  • Post WWII Strikes

    Laborers strike in effort to raise minimum wage.

  • Kennedy Legalizes Public Employee Unions

    Federal worketr are allowed to organize and form unions and bagain for pay but cannot go on strike.

  • Equal Pay Act

    Prohibits discrimination of wages based on sex. Womens earnings climb to 62% of men in 1963 and in 2004 raises to 80%.

  • Postal Strike

    200,000 postal workers banned together to get greater wages, but were denied the ability to bargain salaries due to them being federal workers

  • Change to Win

    New labor union called Change to Win is formed.