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Peter McGuire and the Great Uprising from 1877-1910

Peter McGuire and the Great Uprising from 1877-1910. Labor and Government positive: Labor Day negative: national and state repression of workers Knights of Labor American Federation of Labor Plumbers early success and conflict. Peter McGuire and First Labor Day Parade September 5, 1882.

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Peter McGuire and the Great Uprising from 1877-1910

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  1. Peter McGuire and the Great Uprising from 1877-1910

  2. Labor and Government • positive: Labor Day • negative: national and state repression of workers Knights of Labor American Federation of Labor Plumbers early success and conflict

  3. Peter McGuire and First Labor Day ParadeSeptember 5, 1882 • Previous Parades • McGuire of Carpenters • takes the lead • Call for a Labor day • of Rest • Also need on May 1 • Agitation for 8-hour Day George Meany Memorial Archives, Peter McGuire, Box 15, Folder 27, negative #930

  4. KOL Calling a Meeting • Knights of Labor 1869 Secret Society • By 1880s Craft Unions join • Semi-skilled & unskilled men & women join • Often used codes & Masonic-like symbols George Meany Memorial Archives, Schnapper, Box 4, Folder 22

  5. KOL Convention, 1886 • Knights of Labor General Assembly, Richmond, Virginia, • October 1886 • Frank M. Farrell (left), African-American delegate • Terrance Powderly (center), Grand Master Workman, leader of KOL • Fitzhugh Lee, (right) governor of Virginia • KOL ignore Trade Unionists’ demands George Meany Memorial Archives, Schnapper, Box 4, Folder 22

  6. Haymarket Squaresix years after the bomb explosion Haymarket May 4, 1886 10 dead & 50 injured by bomb and bullets Injustice of trial inspired world-wide May 1 as a labor protest day Police statue (right lower corner) moved in 1972 Library of Congress # Z62.602756.134212

  7. American Federation of Labor • Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions 1881(FOOTALU) • Conflict with Knights of Labor and various unions • Trade Union committee of KOL calls for new organization after General Assembly ignores its concerns • Meet in Columbus, Ohio in December 1886 and form the American Federation of Labor • FOOTALU = Articles of Confederation Period • AFL = Constitution and birth of US

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