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Workers Protest the Industrial Age

Explore the positive and negative effects of industrialization on workers, including higher incomes and new technologies, but also long hours, low wages, and poor working conditions. Discover three approaches to improving worker conditions: Social Darwinism, violent revolt, and unions/non-violent protest.

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Workers Protest the Industrial Age

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  1. Workers Protest the Industrial Age

  2. I. The Impact of Industrialization on Workers

  3. A. Pros 1. Higher Average Incomes

  4. 2. New Technologies and Consumer Goods

  5. B. Cons 1. Long Hours – 6-7 day work weeks, 60+ hour weeks

  6. 2. Low Wages  Increasing Female & Child Labor Outside Home

  7. 3. Sweatshops and Poor Safety

  8. 4. Loss of Independence & Creativity in the Workplace

  9. II. 3 Approaches to Improving Worker Conditions A. Approach #1: Social Darwinists Say “Do Nothing”

  10. B. Approach #2: Violent Revolt!

  11. C. Approach #3: Unions & Non-Violent Protest

  12. 1. The Knights of Labor 8 Hour Day For All Workers: All Skill Levels, Races, Genders, Nationalities

  13. 2. The American Federation of Labor (AFL) • Skilled Workers Only – No Immigrants, Women….

  14. III. Failure: in 1900, only 3% of workers are unionized – why? • A. Ethnicity, Race, and Gender Divide Workers

  15. B. Corporations Fight Unions: Blacklists, Yellow Dog Contracts

  16. C. The Government Sides with Businesses & Stops Strikes • Example:George Pullman, Eugene Debs and the Pullman Strike

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