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The first national union.
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A Massuachusetts court ruled that unions were legal.
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had members of nine thousand including women, African Americans, and immigrants, both skilled and unskilled
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when striking McCormick Harvester Workers clashed with police, four strikers were killed.
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Organized skilled workers by crafts. They fought for higher wages, shorter hours, and improved working conditions through collective bargaining.
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improved wages and working conditions of coal mine workers
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Became violent when teh steel company hired private police to protect strike breakers. Nine strikers and seven police officers were killed.
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largest labor union of its time
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Manufactured sleeping and dining cars
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An organization for unskilled workders and immigrants, advocated one large namtional union that would use strikes and sabotage to achieve its goals as opposed to the more peaceful American Federation of Labor
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Allowed picketing and limited the use of injunctions in labor disputes
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the first labor organization led by blacks
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Protected the rights of workers to organize and elect representatives for collective bargaining.
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Established a minimum wage and time and a half for over forty hours of work a week.
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Prohibited child labor
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made 56 national and international unions
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11,500 air traffic controllers were fired for striking in ciolation of no-strike clause in their contract.
