labor movement

By schimpf200

  • printers in New York City joinedtogether to demand higher pay. This protest wasthe first attempt to organize labor in America.

    printers in New York City joinedtogether to demand higher pay. This protest wasthe first attempt to organize labor in America.

  • the civil war to the 1930s

    Hourly workers
    in industrial jobs increased. Many of the cultural
    differences between immigrants
    and American-born workers began to fade,
    and the labor force became more unified.

  • Knights of Labor Founded

    they organized workers around the country without management knowing and play a big role in the future of the labor enviornment

  • Even the Sherman Antitrust Act

    aimed mainly at curbing monopolies, was used tokeep labor in line.

  • Triangle Shirt company fire

    made people realize that there needs to be safety regulations
  • Period: to

    great depression

    during the great depression the average
    pay 55 cents per hour with an all time low reaching 5 cents per hour

  • LaGuardia Act

    made companies negotiate with their unions and workers

  • The National Labor Relations Act

    says that unions can participate in collective bargaining

  • fair labor standards act

    sets a 40-hour workweek, eliminates child labor and establishes minimum wage

  • Taft Hartley Act

    made closed shops illegal

  • equal pay act

    said that womens pay would climb to 80% of mens but it still unfourtanetly is not

  • pention standards

    standards are set for pentions