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Later in the 1920'S

DEBATE

Homestead Strike

*Example of the situations that workers were going through

Were the strikes and unions

worth in the end.?

Works cited

YES OR NO

http://www.history.com/topics/labor/videos/homestead-strike?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

* "Digitization Projects Philologic Results." Digitization Projects Philologic Results. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2014

* "The Haymarket Affair (1886)." Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930 ::. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Feb. 2014.

* "Homestead Strike Video." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2014.

* Pearson Net textbook

u.s history

Labor Unions - Crash Course w/ John Green

MAJOR STRIKES OF LATE 1800'S

EFFECT

CAUSE

STRIKE

Response to cut in workers wages

Railroad strikes

1877

Set the scene for violent strikes to start

Achieve an 8 hour

work day

Haymarket Square

1886

Americans became wary of labor unions; the knights of labor were blames for the riot

Cut in steelworkers

wages

Homestead Strike

1892

After loosing the standoff, steelworkers lost power throughout the country

Pullman Strike

1993

Employers used the court to limit the influence of unions

Wages cut without

a decrease in the

cost of living in

the company town

CAUSE & EFFECT OF THE ORGANIZED LABOR UNIONS

THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR

  • The KOL began as a secret society of tailors in Philadelphia (1869)
  • Open to all workers no matter race/gender/skill
  • Advocated 8 work hours equal pay for (men/women), and aabolishing child labor

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR

  • Formed by Samuel Gompers in 1886
  • Craft Union for the skilled workers
  • Gained strength in bargaining

WORKING CONDITIONS

  • Workers worked in dangerous conditions
  • No sick pay/ compensations of injuries
  • 1882-average of 675 were killed a week at work
  • Sweat shops where many children and women worked
  • Child labor becomes an issue

A & J Hernandez, and Lupe O.

Picture Painted of Haymarket Square

Pegs:

  • P: rise in the middle class (wanted more power)
  • E: indusrty boomed, jobs created
  • G: Industry = negative impact on Environment
  • S: Social Darwinism looked down on lower classes
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