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How did life change for the “have-nots” of the Gilded Age?

How did life change for the “have-nots” of the Gilded Age?. Working Conditions: - Electrification - Mechanization - Job (in)security Response? UNIONIZATION!. Early Labor Unions. Logic of Unionization Collective bargaining Ability to strike Groups National Labor Union (1866)

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How did life change for the “have-nots” of the Gilded Age?

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  1. How did life change for the “have-nots” of the Gilded Age? Working Conditions: - Electrification - Mechanization - Job (in)security Response? UNIONIZATION!

  2. Early Labor Unions • Logic of Unionization • Collective bargaining • Ability to strike • Groups • National Labor Union (1866) • Knights of Labor (1869) • American Federation of Labor (1881) • Industrial Workers of the World (1905)

  3. Heffter’s Thesis: The failure of early American labor unions to achieve most of their goals was primarily a result of ideologies and tactics that challenged what most Americans believed were the foundations of American success in the Gilded Age.

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