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Eugne V. Debs
He was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. -
Emma Goldman
An anarchist known for her political activism, writing, and speeches. -
Samuel Gompers
Cigar maker who became a labor union leader and a key leader in American labor history.He founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL), 1886 started presidentcy of AFL -
AFL
American Federation of Labor (AFL)- one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States -
Collective Bargaining
Employers negotiating with a group of employees aimed at reaching agreements that regulate working conditions -
Contract
An agreement between two or more parties in which they intend to create one or more legal obligations between or among them -
International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU)
One of the largest labor unions in the United States, and one of the first U.S. unions to have a primarily female membership. -
Open Shop
Is employment in which one is not required to join or financially support a union as a condition of hiring or continued employment. -
Mother Jones
A school teacher and dress maker who became a prominent labor and community organizer.In 1902 she was called "the most dangerous woman in America" for her success in organizing mine workers and their families against the mine owners -
Department of Labor
(DOL) is a Cabinet department of the federal government of the United States responsible for occupational safety, -
International Workers of the World (IWW or Wobblies)
Is a radical Labor Union that had began in Chicago. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York and resulted in the fourth highest loss of life from an industrial accident in U.S. history. -
Ludlow Massacre
An attack by the Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel & Iron Company camp guards on a tent colony of coal miners and their families. -
World War One (WWI)
Global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. -
Clayton Act
Was placed in the United States to add further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime by trying to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency -
Adamson Act
Established an eight-hour workday, with additional pay for overtime work, for interstate railroad workers -
Great Depression
Worldwide severe economic depression -
Davis- Bacon Act
United States federal law that says the requirement for paying the local prevailing wages on public works projects. -
Norris-LaGuardia Act
U.S. federal law that banned yellow-dog contracts, barred the federal courts from issuing injunctions against nonviolent labor disputes, and created a positive right of noninterference by employers against workers joining trade unions -
Yellow- Dog Contract
Agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees, as a condition of employment, not to be a member of a labor union.In 1932, yellow-dog contracts were outlawed -
CIO
Was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955 Logo of the Congress of Industrial Organizations
The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) created by John L. Lewis was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions 1935 to 1955 -
Wagner Act
United States federal law that protects the rights of employees in the private sector to discuss organizing and workplace issues with coworkers, engage in collective bargaining, and take part in strikes in support of their demands, created the National Labor Relations Board which conducts elections which, if voted in favor of representation, awards labor unions with a requirement for the employer to engage in collective bargaining with this union. -
Fair Labor Standards ACt
Made an eight-hour day and a forty-hour workweek and allowed workers to earn wage for an extra four hours of overtime. -
Closed Shop
Employer agrees to hire union members only and employees must remain members of the union at all times in order to remain employed. Outlawed in 1947 -
Minimum Wage
The lowest hourly, daily or monthly pay that employees revieve. -
AFL- CIO
AFL merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations to form the AFL-CIO, a federation which remains in place to this day.
