1. Big Business and Labor The Workplace, Strikes, and the Rise of Labor Unions

2. Monopolies - exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices

3. Sherman Anti-Trust Act Tried to regulate anything that created market monopolies by outlawing any companies that interfered with the governments ability to regulate interstate commerce.

4. The Work Force Immigrants Women Children

5. Piece work  Paying factory workers for each finished product, rather than by a salary or hourly wage

6. Sweat shop  Long Hours, low wages, unsafe conditions

7. Division of labor  Breaking down jobs into small, simple, repetitive (and boring) parts

8. The Work Environment Dirty Dangerous Long Hours

9. Children at Work Jacob Riis Work was very dangerous for kids Dirty work environment led to health problems for kids

10. Kids couldn’t attend school Families needed the money Kids were paid less

12. Growing Gulf Between the Rich and the Poor Socialism – redistribution of wealth

13. Rise of Labor Unions Knights of Labor – Skilled and Un-skilled Workers

14. American Federation of Labor (AFL) –Led by Samual Gompers –No Blacks or Women –group of smaller craft unions, only allowed skilled labor

15. Wobblies – International Workers of the World, unskilled labor only

16. Eugene V. Debs – anti-violence labor activist –Spent time in prison for his roll in the Pullman strike –Later became a socialist –Ran for President 5 times!

17. Reactions Firing, forbidding, yellow dog contracts, refusing collective bargaining, refusing to recognize

18. Railroad Strike of 1877 Prompted by wage cuts and increased safety hazards Workers respond with violence Rutherford sends in Federal Troops

19. Haymarket Riot - 1886 Protest for an 8 hour day SCABS VS STRIKERS Anarchists – gave speeches against “factory lords” Violence erupts, strikers and police are killed 8 Anarchists are arrested, and four are hung

20. Homestead Strike – 1892 Strikers vs. Wage cuts in a Carnegie owned steel mill Carnegie’s 2nd in Command cuts wages while Carnegie is out of the country

21. US Steel calls in the Pinkertons, a shootout ensues

22. Public sympathize with the strikers until the anarchists arrive and attempt to assassinate Frick The public begins to associate unions and strike with anarchists and violence

23. Pullman Strike – 1894 Pullman built a model city to attract the best workers Wage cuts lead to protest Strikes spread to the whole nation, disrupting the mail service

24. Pullman appeals to the Federal Government for help Government helps because the strikers are interfering with the mail. This sets the pattern of government response to strikes for years to come.