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Knights of Labor
The largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s -
The First Labor Day
The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. -
Pullman Strike
A nationwide railroad strike in the United States and a turning point for US labor law. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in US history. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers, because the owners had locked the doors to the stairwells and exits -
Textile Worker Strike
The largest strike in the labor history of the United States at the time, involving 400,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and the U.S. Southern states, lasting twenty-two days. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
A federal law which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay eligibility, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments. -
The Wagner Act
Established the National Labor Relations Board and addressed relations between unions and employers in the private sector. -
Taft-Harley Act
A United States federal law that restricts the activities and power of labor unions. -
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
An alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association. -
Steel Strike of 1959
The United Steelworkers of America went on strike, spurning pleas from President Dwight Eisenhower to both sides to extend their agreement and continue bargaining.
