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AFL
one of the first federations of labor unions in the U.S. -
Samuel Gompers
Became a labor union leader and promoted harmony among the different craft unions. -
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
largest labor union to represent workers in the women garment industry -
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene Debs was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World -
Mother Jones
opponent of child labor, Irish-American trade union activist, and "hellraiser" -
International Workers of the World
The IWW was created so that all workers would be united as a class and that the wage system should be abolished -
Emma Goldman
Goldman became a writer and lecturer on anarchist philosophy, women's rights, and social issues, attracting crowds of thousands. she illegally distributing birth control. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
deadliest industrial accident in New York City, killing about 146 girls around age 19 -
Department of Labor
Responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics -
World War 1
It was the sixth-deadliest conflict in world history, making way for various political changes, such as revolutions in many of the nations involved -
Ludlow Massacre
attack by the Colorado National Guard's camp guards on a tent colony, killing between 19-25 people. -
Clayton Act
prevented the anticompetitive practices -
contract
A contract is an agreement entered into voluntarily by two or more parties, each of whom intends to create one or more legal obligations between or among them. These had to be created between employee and employer especially with the union problems. -
Adamson Act
8 hour work day and extra pay for overtime work for rail road workers -
Open Shop
a place of employment in which one is not required to join or financially support a union -
Minimum wage
Equivalently, it is the lowest wage at which workers may sell their labor. -
Collective Bargaining
collective bargaining is a process of negotiations between employers and their employees trying to reach agreements that regulate working conditions. started with the Railway Labor Act -
Great Depression
economic depression before world war 2 -
Davis-Bacon Act
this act establishes the requirement for paying the local prevailing wages on public works projects, mostly applies to contractors that are federally funded. -
Norris-LaGuardia Act
This law outlawed the Yellow Dog contracts and further restricted the use of court injunctions on labor disputes against strikes, picketing, and boycotts -
Yellow Dog Contract
condition where the employee must agree not to become part of a union, and if that changes the employer has the right to fire them -
Fair Labor Standards Act
The FLSA introduced a maximum 44-hour seven-day workweek,established a national minimum wage, guaranteed "time-and-a-half" for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibited most employment of minors in "oppressive child labor", a term that is defined in the statute. -
Wagner Act
created by Congress to protect the workers right to unionization and recognized for the first time the right of workers to organize and bargain with their employers. -
CIO
organized the workers in industrial unions in the Unites States and Canada -
closed shop
when the employer agrees only to hire union members