Labor
Practice additional vocabulary from the lesson.
Passed in 1947 banned the closed shops and stopped unions from donating to political campaigns.
Taft-Hartley Act
Founded in 1938, formed around organizing both skilled and unskilled workers
Committee for Industrial Organizations
Formed in 1886, organized only skilled workers
American Federation of Labor
Strike against the McCormick Harvesting company in 1886 that ended with the killing of police officers and protestors which effectively ended the Knights of Labor organization.
Haymarket Square
The 1894 strike at the Pullman Palace Car Company that saw Grover Cleveland send in federal troops to break the strike. The leader of the Strike, Eugene Debs, is convicted and given a short prison sentence for his involvement.
Pullman Strike
Steelworkers who in 1892 went on strike against the Carnegie Steel Plant. The end of the strike was helped by the hiring of Pinkerton detectives who killed several strikers.
Homestead Strike
A 1911 fire in the Garment District of New York City that saw 146 workers killed, mostly women. This tragedy led to increased safety in building code regulations.
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Signed into law in 1935, it's also known as the Wagner Act. It established the right of workers to organize into unions and established the right of collective bargaining.
National Labor Relations Act