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The National Trades Union
This was the first national union. -
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The Developement of Labor Unions
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Commenwealth v. Hunt
A massachusettts court ruled that unions were legal -
Knights of labor
The first major union, had members up to 700,000 -
American Federation of Labor
Organzed skill workers by their craft -
Haymarket riots
strikers clased with the cops and four workers ended up pushing up daiseys. -
United mine workers
ounded to improve wages and working conditions -
The Homestead Strike
Was when carnegies steel workers when on a strike and the strike soon became violebt when the company hired private police, Nine strikers and 7 police ended up being killed -
Amrican Railway Union
Railroad Eugen v. Debs founded it in 1893 -
Pullman Company
Went on strikes due to wages. when they refused to head back to work President Cleveland sent in the troops. -
The international workers of the world
Was for unskilled workers and immagrants. Advocted one large national union. It woulkd use strikes to achieve goals. -
Clayton Act
Allowed picketing and limited the use of injuctions in labor disputes -
The brotherhood of sleeping car porters
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National Labor Relations Act(Wagner Act)
Protected the rights of workers to organize and elect representativrs for collective bargaining. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
Established minumin wage -
Fair Labor Act
Prevented child labor -
AFL and CIO
Was a merger -
Air traffic controllers
ronald raegan fired upwards of 12,000 air traffic controllers for striking over a clause in their contracts.
