2. The Labor Union Movement Early Struggles, Early Defeats

3. Labor Union A formal organization of workers with several goals –Better wages –Better conditions –Job Security

4. 2 Types Trade (Craft) Unions – only “skilled” workers Industrial Unions – all skilled and unskilled workers in an industry

5. YearStrikesEstablishmentsNo. striking & involved 18814712,928129,521 18824542,105154,671 18834782,759149,763 18844432,367147,054 18856452,284242,705 18861,4119,891499,489

8. Knights of Labor Inclusive Male & Female Black? & White Skilled & Unskilled 1870’s-1886

9. AFL (American Federation of Labor) Skilled Workers Collective Bargaining Strikes 1890-1915 –Raises began to rise –Hours fell Samuel Gompers

11. Radical Solutions – Worldwide Union

12. Other Radical Solutions – Eugene Debs forms Socialist Party