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Workers Unite. Exploitation Long hours: 12+ hrs per day…6 days per week Steel mills - 7 days per week Low pay: $498 ($1.59), $269 ($.86c),.27c per day.

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1 Workers Unite

2 Exploitation Long hours: 12+ hrs per day…6 days per week Steel mills - 7 days per week Low pay: $498 ($1.59), $269 ($.86c),.27c per day for children No benefits: No vacation time, sick leave, unemployment compensation, workers compensation

3 Knights of Labor 8 hr work day “equal pay for equal work” Worker owned factories End to child labor Safety work codes enforced

4 AFL Collective bargaining (group negotiations) Used strikes to demand change Result: # of unionized industries grew, wages increased

5 Management vs. Labor Tools of Management: ▫Scabs – person who works while others are on strike ▫Lockout ▫Blacklisting ▫Open shop Tools of Labor: ▫Boycotts ▫Closed shops ▫Organized strikes

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