Timeline: Strikes | Timetoast

Period: Apr 17, 1869 to Apr 17, 2011

American federation of labor

Focused better on working conditions. Founded in Philidelphia
Period: Apr 17, 1869 to Apr 17, 2011

Noble order of the knights labor

organized by garment workers in 1869. In Philadelphia
Period: Apr 17, 1886 to Apr 17, 2011

Hay market square riot

8 hour protest
Period: Apr 17, 1890 to Apr 17, 2011

"The Other Half Lives"

It was about the immigrants who moved to america and their working conditions. How they lived. And worked.
Period: Apr 17, 1892 to Apr 17, 2011

The homestead strike

An industrial lockdown and strike that began on June 30 1892
Period: Feb 3, 1905 to Apr 28, 2011

"The Jungle"

Upton Sinclair wrote about the horrors of the meat packing industry. Which included sanitation and health issues. He later on went to write "The Jungle".
Period: Apr 17, 1906 to Apr 17, 2011

The bitter cry of children

The horrible working conditions of children working in coal miones in PA. Not educated enough either.
Period: Apr 17, 1906 to Apr 17, 2011

Pure food and drug act Passed

better and healthier food inspections.
Period: Apr 17, 1935 to Apr 17, 2011

congress of industrial organization Act

focused on better Pay for workers
Period: Apr 17, 1952 to Apr 17, 2011

steel strike

against steel mine conmditions
Period: Apr 17, 1972 to Apr 17, 2011

major league baseball strike

refused to play for a whole year
Period: Apr 17, 2005 to Apr 17, 2011

New york city transit strike

broke down over retirement wages