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The First National Union
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A Massachusetts court ruled that unions were legal
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Founded by Uriah Stephens, a Philadelphia Tailor. By 1879, its membership of nine thousand included women.
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Founded by Samuel Gompers, organized skilled workers by crafts. they fought for higher wages,shorter wages, and improved working conditions through collective bargaining.
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in chicago striking mccormick harvester worker clashed with police, four strikers were killed
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Founded to improve wages and working conditions of coal mine workers
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Became Violent when the steel company hired private police to protect strike breakers. in the ensuing confrontation, nine strikers and seven police officers were killed.
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founded by the railroad fireman Eugene v. Debs
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manufactured sleeping and dining cars, went on strike because their wages had been cut.
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workers and immigrants advocated one large national 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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allowed picketing and limited the use of injunctions in labor disputes
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Created by Philip Randolph
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protected the rights of workers to organize and elect representatives for collective bargaining. Also in this year the CIO, Congress of Industrial Organization, was formed by sereval AFL unions to promote unionism in industry.
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established a minimum wage (twenty-five cents an hour) and time and a half for over forty hours of work a week.
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Prohibited Child Labor
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Ronald Reagan fired 11,500 of these for striking in violation of a no-strike clause in their contract
