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The Growth of the American Labor Movement

The Growth of the American Labor Movement. The Changing American Labor Force. Child Labor. “Galley Labor”. Labor Unrest: 1870-1900. Management vs. Labor. “Tools” of Management. “Tools” of Labor. “scabs” P. R. campaign Pinkertons lockout blacklisting yellow-dog contracts

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The Growth of the American Labor Movement

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  1. The Growth of the American Labor Movement

  2. The Changing American Labor Force

  3. Child Labor

  4. “Galley Labor”

  5. Labor Unrest: 1870-1900

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

  7. The Corporate “Bully-Boys”: PinkertonAgents

  8. A Striker Confronts a SCAB!

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

  10. Knights of Labor Knights of Labor trade card

  11. 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.

  12. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

  13. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

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

  15. Anarchists Meet on the Lake Front in 1886

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

  17. Haymarket Martyrs

  18. The American Federation of Labor: 1886 Samuel Gompers

  19. 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.

  20. Homestead Steel Strike (1892) Homestead Steel Works The Amalgamated Association of Iron & Steel Workers

  21. Big Corporate Profits!

  22. Attempted Assassination! Henry Clay Frick Alexander Berkman

  23. A “CompanyTown”: Pullman, IL

  24. Pullman Cars A Pullman porter

  25. The Pullman Strike of 1894

  26. President Grover Cleveland If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago, that card will be delivered!

  27. The Pullman Strike of 1894 Government by injunction!

  28. The Socialists Eugene V. Debs

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

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

  31. I W W & the Internationale

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

  33. 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.

  34. Lawrence, MA Strike: 1912

  35. The “Bread & Roses” Strike DEMANDS: • 15¢/hr. wage increase. • Double pay for overtime. • No discrimination against strikers. • An end to “speed-up” on the assembly line. • An end to discrimination againstforeign immigrant workers.

  36. The “Formula” unions + violence + strikes + socialists + immigrants = anarchists

  37. Labor Union Membership Good info, bad graph

  38. Labor Union Membership

  39. Workers Benefits Today

  40. The Rise & Decline of Organized Labor

  41. Right-to-Work States Today

  42. Union Membership Today

  43. Consequences of the Labor Movement • Strikes • Violence • Birth of many different organizations • Company towns • Unification of the work force • Some individual companies made changes • 8 hour days, child labor laws, higher pay, closed shops, etc. • Legislative reforms that enforced national change

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