1. Unit VI – A Growing America Chapter 19 Section 3 – Industrial Workers Lecture Stations

2. Industrial Workers The Big Idea Changes in the workplace led to a rise in labor unions and workers’ strikes. Main Ideas The desire to maximize profits and become more efficient led to poor working conditions. Workers began to organize and demand improvements in working conditions and pay. Labor strikes often turned violent and failed to accomplish their goals.

3. Main Idea 1: The desire to maximize profits and become more efficient led to poor working conditions. Several factors led to a decline in the quality of working conditions in the late 1800s. Frederick W. Taylor, an efficiency expert, published The Principles of Scientific Management in 1909.

4. Maximizing Profits and Efficiency Why did factories focus on specialization? Why did factories focus on specialization? How did machines lead to a decrease in jobs? How did machines lead to a decrease in jobs?

5. Poor Working Conditions

7. Workers begin to Organize

8. Trade Unions 1842- Commonwealth v. Hunt-. 1842- Commonwealth v. Hunt-. 1866- National Labor Union-. 1866- National Labor Union-.

9. Knights of Labor Main Idea 2: Workers began to organize and demand improvements in working conditions and pay. American Federation of Labor collective bargainingcollective bargaining

10. Trade Unions 1869- Noble Order of the Knights of Labor 1869- Noble Order of the Knights of Labor

11. Craft Unions American Federation of Labor American Federation of Labor

12. Workers Organize What were two important labor unions in the late 1800’s? What were two important labor unions in the late 1800’s? Why did collective bargaining give workers a greater chance of success? Why did collective bargaining give workers a greater chance of success?

13. Haymarket Riot Homestead Strike Main Idea 3: Labor strikes often turned violent and failed to accomplish their goals. Pullman Strike

16. Labor Strikes What were union members protesting during the Homestead Strike? What were union members protesting during the Homestead Strike? Did the Haymarket Riot help or hurt the labor movement? Did the Haymarket Riot help or hurt the labor movement? Do you think strikes are an effective and appropriate way to handle labor disputes? Do you think strikes are an effective and appropriate way to handle labor disputes?