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Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor and Colored National Labor Union formed
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Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions formed
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A successful strike by the knights of labor on the southwest system. the Missouri Pacific, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and the Wabash
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an alliance of craft unions created from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association.
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peaceful protest turn into riot as an unknown assailent throws a stick of dynamite into the crowd creating unrest between the people and the officers.
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The Homestead Strike, also known as the Homestead Steel Strike, was an industrial lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892
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Iron and steel workers union defeated in lockout at Homestead, Pa.
Integrated general strike in New Orleans succeeds -
a nationwide railroad strike in the United States Company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland.
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AFL and National Civic Federation promote trade agreements with employers
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A bomb explodes at the headquarters of the stridently anti-union Los Angeles Times, killing twenty people. Eventually two men connected with the Iron Workers Union, who were planning other bombings, they confessed to dynamiting the Times.
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A fire in lower Manhattan kills 146 women workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. The tragedy highlights the harsh conditions under which the young women had to work, evoking public sympathy for reform.
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many people had left the union from 5 million members it had dropped to 3 million,they were also in the AFL. This also took jobs from those who needed them the most.
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A new deal which gave new changes to labor laws that favored unions, that led to rapid growth in membership.
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World War 2 gave those that didnt have a job, a job because more things had to be produced and since you need more things to produce you need more people.
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huge strikes in 1946 made peoples opinion on unions bad. this act was passed by congress in 1947, it rolled back alot of the advantages unions had in the 30's
