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One of the first labor unions in the country founded by Samuel Grompers, It used tactics like collective bargaining to negociate higher contracts and better working conditions.
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Created from several smaller local unions, it became one of the largest in the country and was primarily composed of women members. In 1909 they had a massive 20,000 member strike for better working conditions.
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They felt that the AFL had failed to be a union to benefit everyone, so founders including senator Eugene V Debs and Mother Jones created what they thought would be a union for all industrial workers. They also believed in a democratic workplace in which the worker could elect their managers.
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146 women are killed in a fire while working in a factory. The harsh working conditions and the poor safety precautions now become very visible to the public eye.
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Signed in by Taft it was created to help people find work, keep work , and improve working conditions
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A srike organized by the United Mine Workers of America was confronted by the Colorado national gaurd and the companies security gaurds. They shot and killed some 20 men, women, and children.
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With the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, a massive war followed taking place in the heart of Europe. The US would later get involved to tip the sides of war after what seamed to be a never ending stalemate.
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Exempted unions from the Sherman Anti-trust Act which meant that unions could come together to form monopoly type groups.
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Established an 8 hour work day with a higher pay rate for overtime.
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When the stock market crashed on "black tuesday" the US economy went into severe economic hardship. Unemployment reached 25% while prices for everything fell incredible amounts.
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Declaired that all workers hired by the government must be paid at the local market value so that workers could not be imported.
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Made Yellow-Dog contracts, contracts which one signs in that they will not join a union, were illegal and that the cours could not interfere with srikes.
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Gives protection to unions durring collective bargaining talks and ensures fair union leadership elactions. It prohibited closed shop contracts in which workers were required to belong to a union in order to be hired. Open shop is still a viable option in which an employee is not required to join a union.
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A labor union that protected industrial workers. Joined with the AFL to become the even larger AFL-CIO.
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Established a 40 hour working week with salary rates at 1.5 times when working over time. It Created a minimum wage and put more restrictions on child labor.