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Chapter 20, Lesson 4 Labor Unions. Working Conditions Worked 6, 10-12 hours days Unhealthy & unsafe conditions Could be fired anytime for any reason Sweatshops:

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1 Chapter 20, Lesson 4 Labor Unions

2 Working Conditions Worked 6, 10-12 hours days Unhealthy & unsafe conditions Could be fired anytime for any reason Sweatshops: crowded & dangerous factory Women earned ½ of men 100s of 1,000s of kids worked

3 Sweatshop

4 Labor Unions Mad workers organized into labor unions Wanted better pay & working conditions 1886-American Federation of Labor (AFL) Led by Samuel Gompers Collective bargaining: unions have reps to talk with business managers

5 Unions Mary Harris Jones-fought for women’s working rights After a deadly fire at NY sweatshop, International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) formed When workers got fired, Unions would strike Sometimes sparked violence

6 Unions Angry strikers sometimes rioted Companies would hire strikebreakers: person hired to replace striker Troops & police restored order Business owners would ask for injunction: court order to stop something (the strike)

7 Workers at Pullman railway-car plant went on strike Slowed RR traffic in USA Pullman asked for injunction President Cleveland sent in Federal Troops Strike ended but workers still organized Union Strike

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