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The Growth of the American Labor Movement

The Growth of the American Labor Movement. Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. Labor Force Distribution 1870-1900. The Changing American Labor Force. Child Labor. Child Labor. “Galley Labor”. Labor Unrest: 1870-1900. The Molly Maguires (1875). James McParland.

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The Growth of the American Labor Movement

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  1. The Growth of the American Labor Movement Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  2. Labor Force Distribution1870-1900

  3. The Changing American Labor Force

  4. Child Labor

  5. Child Labor

  6. “Galley Labor”

  7. Labor Unrest: 1870-1900

  8. The Molly Maguires(1875) JamesMcParland

  9. Management vs. Labor “Tools” of Management “Tools” of Labor • “scabs” • P. R. campaign • lockout • blacklisting • yellow-dog contracts • court injunctions • boycotts • sympathy demonstrations • informational picketing • closed shops • organized strikes • “wildcat” strikes

  10. A Striker Confronts a SCAB!

  11. Knights of Labor Terence V. Powderly An injury to one is the concern of all!

  12. Knights of Labor Knights of Labor trade card

  13. Goals of the Knights of Labor • Eight-hour workday. • Workers’ cooperatives. • Worker-owned factories. • Abolition of child and prison labor. • Increased circulation of greenbacks. • Equal pay for men and women. • Safety codes in the workplace. • Prohibition of contract foreign labor. • Abolition of the National Bank.

  14. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

  15. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

  16. The Tournament of Today: A Set-to Between Labor and Monopoly

  17. Anarchists Meet on the Lake Front in 1886

  18. Haymarket Riot (1886) McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.

  19. Haymarket Martyrs

  20. Governor John Peter Altgeld

  21. The American Federation of Labor: 1886 Samuel Gompers

  22. How the AF of L Would Help the Workers • Catered to the skilled worker. • Represented workers in matters of national legislation. • Maintained a national strike fund. • Evangelized the cause of unionism. • Prevented disputes among the many craft unions. • Mediated disputes between management and labor. • Pushed for closed shops.

  23. A “CompanyTown”: Pullman, IL

  24. Pullman Cars A Pullman porter

  25. The Pullman Strike of 1894

  26. The Pullman Strike of 1894 Government by injunction!

  27. The Socialists Eugene V. Debs

  28. International Workers of the World (“Wobblies”)

  29. “Big Bill” Haywood of theIWW • Violence was justified to overthrow capitalism.

  30. I W W & the Internationale

  31. The Hand That Will Rule the World One Big Union

  32. Mother Jones: “The Miner’s Angel” • Mary Harris. • Organizer for theUnited MineWorkers. • Founded the SocialDemocratic Party in 1898. • One of the founding members of the I. W. W. in 1905.

  33. Labor Union Membership

  34. The Rise & Decline of Organized Labor

  35. Right-to-Work States Today

  36. Unionism & Globalization?

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