Chapter 18 Test Study Guide
... Bessemer Process The factors of production Captains of Industry Robber Barons Sherman Antitrust Act ...
... Bessemer Process The factors of production Captains of Industry Robber Barons Sherman Antitrust Act ...
MID-TERM FINAL REVIEW Multiple Choice - 50 Questions 2
... forced railroads owned by Jay Gould to meet its demands in 1885. Membership rose from about 100,000 to 700,000 within a year. However, the Knights lost a second strike against Gould's railroads in 1886. That defeat, and the antilabor feelings that followed the Haymarket Riot in Chicago, caused the g ...
... forced railroads owned by Jay Gould to meet its demands in 1885. Membership rose from about 100,000 to 700,000 within a year. However, the Knights lost a second strike against Gould's railroads in 1886. That defeat, and the antilabor feelings that followed the Haymarket Riot in Chicago, caused the g ...
Chapter 14: A New Industrial Age 1865-1901
... police brutality -- a striker had been killed and several had been wounded at a plant the day before. -Then someone threw a bomb into a police line and the police fired back. After this incident, the public began to turn against the labor movements. *The Homestead Strike of 1892- over working condit ...
... police brutality -- a striker had been killed and several had been wounded at a plant the day before. -Then someone threw a bomb into a police line and the police fired back. After this incident, the public began to turn against the labor movements. *The Homestead Strike of 1892- over working condit ...
THE INDUSTRIAL ERA:
... development never occurs evenly in a nation. Yet by the end of the century, new major metropolitan areas such as Chicago and Pittsburgh had sprung up where a few decades earlier there had been an “urban frontier.” By 1885 Chicago boasted a ten-story skyscraper. By 1900 America’s urban population was ...
... development never occurs evenly in a nation. Yet by the end of the century, new major metropolitan areas such as Chicago and Pittsburgh had sprung up where a few decades earlier there had been an “urban frontier.” By 1885 Chicago boasted a ten-story skyscraper. By 1900 America’s urban population was ...
War, Labor, and Dissent: Motivations of American Labor Unions
... A study of union government and structure in the mid-twentieth century found that “The routine meetings are attended by a very small proportion of the membership, rarely beyond 5 percent…All attempts to exhort and induce attendance and to attract members to meetings tend to fail.”22 This is support ...
... A study of union government and structure in the mid-twentieth century found that “The routine meetings are attended by a very small proportion of the membership, rarely beyond 5 percent…All attempts to exhort and induce attendance and to attract members to meetings tend to fail.”22 This is support ...
USHistory_Ch13 - Cobb Learning
... Main Idea: The industrial expansion in the United States made the American economy grow by leaps and bounds. However, the people who actually performed the work in factories and industries struggled to survive. In addition, workers—especially immigrants, women, and minorities—often faced ridicule an ...
... Main Idea: The industrial expansion in the United States made the American economy grow by leaps and bounds. However, the people who actually performed the work in factories and industries struggled to survive. In addition, workers—especially immigrants, women, and minorities—often faced ridicule an ...
History of Indian labor Unions
... The Indian labor movement is more than 150 years old, with its origin in the 1850s and 1870s. But it gained momentum in 1918 when the Madras labor union was formed with mill workers as members. The formation of the All India Trade Union congress (AITUC) in 1920 gave a fillip to the organized labor m ...
... The Indian labor movement is more than 150 years old, with its origin in the 1850s and 1870s. But it gained momentum in 1918 when the Madras labor union was formed with mill workers as members. The formation of the All India Trade Union congress (AITUC) in 1920 gave a fillip to the organized labor m ...
Labor Disputes Chart
... Members of a local of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union in Austin, Minnesota, go on strike against the Hormel Foods Corporation, ignoring the advice of their national union. Highlighting the confusion within the labor movement, the workers continue their action even after the compa ...
... Members of a local of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union in Austin, Minnesota, go on strike against the Hormel Foods Corporation, ignoring the advice of their national union. Highlighting the confusion within the labor movement, the workers continue their action even after the compa ...
Labor and Unions Throughout history labor has changed over time
... Congressional principle that the labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. During 1919 woman that worked as telephone operators went on strike when they found out that they were being paid one third less than women in manufacturing. The women win they gain higher wages. When ...
... Congressional principle that the labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. During 1919 woman that worked as telephone operators went on strike when they found out that they were being paid one third less than women in manufacturing. The women win they gain higher wages. When ...
The Labor-Management Relations Act (or the Taft
... U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto on June 23, 1947 ; labor leaders called it the "slavelabor bill," while President Truman argued that it was a "dangerous intrusion on free speech," and that it would "conflict with important principles of our democratic society. " Nevertheless, Truman would subs ...
... U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto on June 23, 1947 ; labor leaders called it the "slavelabor bill," while President Truman argued that it was a "dangerous intrusion on free speech," and that it would "conflict with important principles of our democratic society. " Nevertheless, Truman would subs ...
Union Activity and World War I
... a skill could join one of the craft-based unions that made up the American Federation of Labor. These unions tended to be stable, stationary, and conservative—sometimes even banding together with owners against the more radical labor element, which they feared would discredit the entire union moveme ...
... a skill could join one of the craft-based unions that made up the American Federation of Labor. These unions tended to be stable, stationary, and conservative—sometimes even banding together with owners against the more radical labor element, which they feared would discredit the entire union moveme ...
The Rise of Labor Unions
... artificial combination for his protection. They are of foreign origin and I am led to believe mainly upheld by foreigners." To protest the ruling, 27,000 people gathered at City Hall Park and formed a Committee of Correspondence, which defiantly organized a convention of mechanics, farmers, and work ...
... artificial combination for his protection. They are of foreign origin and I am led to believe mainly upheld by foreigners." To protest the ruling, 27,000 people gathered at City Hall Park and formed a Committee of Correspondence, which defiantly organized a convention of mechanics, farmers, and work ...
Overview The Great depression brought
... day/40 hour week. The Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act) was declared Constitutional by the Supreme Court (NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.). In south Chicago, 10 people were killed and 80 wounded in the Memorial Day Massacre during the "Little Steel" strikes. Police attacked an unarmed c ...
... day/40 hour week. The Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act) was declared Constitutional by the Supreme Court (NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.). In south Chicago, 10 people were killed and 80 wounded in the Memorial Day Massacre during the "Little Steel" strikes. Police attacked an unarmed c ...
editor`s note
... costs. In most cases Mexican employees replaced American workers. And while the Mexican employees earned more than most of their neighbors, their jobs were extremely insecure. Indeed, by 2000 manufacturers were increasingly moving their operations from Mexico to China and other Asian countries, wher ...
... costs. In most cases Mexican employees replaced American workers. And while the Mexican employees earned more than most of their neighbors, their jobs were extremely insecure. Indeed, by 2000 manufacturers were increasingly moving their operations from Mexico to China and other Asian countries, wher ...
Organized Labor
... Bosses fought back with lockouts. Lockout - tell workers not to show up until they agreed to the pay cuts Yellow Dog Contract - new employee would sign swearing to never join a union Scabs - took place of regular labor force ...
... Bosses fought back with lockouts. Lockout - tell workers not to show up until they agreed to the pay cuts Yellow Dog Contract - new employee would sign swearing to never join a union Scabs - took place of regular labor force ...
M / C Review Chapter 18
... A scandal involving corruption within the Grant administration. C. Allegations of corruption on the part of Republican presidential candidate James G. Blaine. D. A disastrous fire that pointed out the hazardous working conditions in some factories. E. An early challenge to the authority of states to ...
... A scandal involving corruption within the Grant administration. C. Allegations of corruption on the part of Republican presidential candidate James G. Blaine. D. A disastrous fire that pointed out the hazardous working conditions in some factories. E. An early challenge to the authority of states to ...
U.S. employment relations; Workers compensation essays
... control methods of operation.” A collective bargaining contract may to an extent modify these management rights, but this would depend on management’s willingness to accede. Business opposed the Wagner Act from its inception; between 1937 and 1947 more than 200 bills dealing with labor law were intr ...
... control methods of operation.” A collective bargaining contract may to an extent modify these management rights, but this would depend on management’s willingness to accede. Business opposed the Wagner Act from its inception; between 1937 and 1947 more than 200 bills dealing with labor law were intr ...
Chapter 22: The New Deal
... ¾ a minimum wage of 40 cents/hour ¾ outlawed most forms of child labor ¾ still exists today ...
... ¾ a minimum wage of 40 cents/hour ¾ outlawed most forms of child labor ¾ still exists today ...
The United States economy between 1865 and 1900 grew
... governmental policy of _____________________. This hands off approach by the government, let business do whatever they needed to do to succeed. As businesses began to prosper, the term ___________________________was used to justify the accumulation of great wealth by industrialists. Social Darwinism ...
... governmental policy of _____________________. This hands off approach by the government, let business do whatever they needed to do to succeed. As businesses began to prosper, the term ___________________________was used to justify the accumulation of great wealth by industrialists. Social Darwinism ...
SECTION 4 - Wisconsin Labor History Society
... 1941 The United States enters World War II; the AFL and CIO announce a no-strike pledge for the duration of the war 1944 There are 18,600,000 union members in the United States; 3,500,000 are women 1946—1947 A long strike at Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company in West Allis becomes a national symbo ...
... 1941 The United States enters World War II; the AFL and CIO announce a no-strike pledge for the duration of the war 1944 There are 18,600,000 union members in the United States; 3,500,000 are women 1946—1947 A long strike at Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company in West Allis becomes a national symbo ...
20th Century Triumps of American Workers
... collectively with unions on hours, wages, and other terms and conditions of employment. The National Labor Relations Board was created under the act, creating a means of enforcement for the new law. 4. General Motors Sit Down Strikes in U.S. and Canada (1936-37). The auto industry – now known for so ...
... collectively with unions on hours, wages, and other terms and conditions of employment. The National Labor Relations Board was created under the act, creating a means of enforcement for the new law. 4. General Motors Sit Down Strikes in U.S. and Canada (1936-37). The auto industry – now known for so ...
History of union busting in the United States
The history of union busting in the United States dates back to the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century which produced a rapid expansion in factories and manufacturing capabilities. As workers moved away from farm work to factories, mines and other hard labor, they faced harsh working conditions such as long hours, low pay and health risks. Children and women worked in factories and generally received lower pay than men. The government did little to limit these injustices. Labor movements in the industrialized world developed that lobbied for better rights and safer conditions. Shaped by wars, depressions, government policies, judicial rulings, and global competition, the early years of the battleground between unions and management were adversarial and often identified with aggressive hostility. Contemporary opposition to trade unions known as union busting started in the 1940s and continues to present challenges to the labor movement. Union busting is a term used by labor organizations and trade unions to describe the activities that may be undertaken by employers, their proxies, workers and in certain instances states and governments usually triggered by events such as picketing, card check, worker organizing, and strike actions. Labor legislation has changed the nature of union busting, as well as the organizing tactics that labor organizations commonly use.