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3 Labour Force Distribution 1870-1900

4 Child Labour Child Labour in PA

5 Labour Unrest: 1870-1900

6 The Molly Maguires (1875) James McParland

7 The Corporate “Bully-Boys”: Pinkerton Agents

8 Management vs. Labour “Tools” of Management “Tools” of Labour  “scabs”  P. R. campaign  Pinkertons  lockout  blacklisting  yellow-dog contracts  court injunctions  open shop  boycotts  sympathy demonstrations  informational picketing  closed shops  organized strikes  “wildcat” strikes

9 A Striker Confronts a SCAB!

10 Knights of Labour Terence V. Powderly An injury to one is the concern of all!

11 Knights of Labour Knights of Labour trade card

12 Goals of the Knights of Labour ùEight-hour workday. ùWorkers’ cooperatives. ùWorker-owned factories. ùAbolition of child and prison labor. ùIncreased circulation of greenbacks. ùEqual pay for men and women. ùSafety codes in the workplace. ùProhibition of contract foreign labor. ùAbolition of the National Bank.

13 The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

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15 The Tournament of Today: A Set-to Between Labour and Monopoly

16 Anarchists Meet on the Lake Front in 1886

17 Haymarket Riot (1886) McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.

18 Haymarket Martyrs

19 Governor John Peter Altgeld

20 The American Federation of Labour: 1886 Samuel Gompers

21 How the AF of L Would Help the Workers ùCatered to the skilled worker. ùRepresented workers in matters of national legislation. ùMaintained a national strike fund. ùEvangelized the cause of unionism. ùPrevented disputes among the many craft unions. ùMediated disputes between management and labor. ùPushed for closed shops.

22 Homestead Steel Strike (1892) The Amalgamated Association of Iron & Steel Workers Homestead Steel Works

23 Big Corporate Profits!

24 Attempted Assassination! Henry Clay Frick Alexander Berkman

25 A “Company Town”: Pullman, IL A “Company Town”: Pullman, IL

26 Pullman Cars A Pullman porter

27 The Pullman Strike of 1894

28 President Grover Cleveland If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago, that card will be delivered!

29 The Pullman Strike of 1894 Government by injunction!

30 The Socialists Eugene V. Debs

31 International Workers of the World (“Wobblies”)

32 “Big Bill” Haywood of the IWW  Violence was justified to overthrow capitalism.

33 I W W & the Internationale

34 The Hand That Will Rule the World  One Big Union

35 Mother Jones: “The Miner’s Angel”  Mary Harris.  Organizer for the United Mine Workers.  Founded the Social Democratic Party in 1898.  One of the founding members of the I. W. W. in 1905.

36 Lawrence, MA Strike: 1912

37 The “Bread & Roses” Strike DEMANDS: ù15¢/hr. wage increase. ùDouble pay for overtime. ùNo discrimination against strikers. ùAn end to “speed-up” on the assembly line. ùAn end to discrimination against foreign immigrant workers.

38 Lawrence, MA Strike: 1912

39 The “Formula” unions + violence + strikes + socialists + immigrants = anarchists

40 Labour Union Membership

41 The Rise & Decline of Organized Labour


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