3. THE WAGE SYSTEM Change in employer-employee relationsChange in employer-employee relations Managers who set pace, payManagers who set pace, pay New machinesNew machines Immigrant laborImmigrant labor Terrible working conditionsTerrible working conditions

4. The Changing American Labor Force

5. Child Labor

7. “Galley Labor”

8. Labor Unrest: 1870-1900

9. The Molly Maguires (1875) James McParland secret Irish labor movement in PA coal fields

10. The Corporate “Bully-Boys”: Pinkerton Agents

11. Management vs. Labor “Tools” of Management “Tools” of Labor  “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

12. A Striker Confronts a SCAB!

13. Knights of Labor Terence V. Powderly An injury to one is the concern of all!

14. Knights of Labor Knights of Labor trade card

15. Goals of the Knights of Labor ù Eight-hour workday ù Workers’ cooperatives ù Worker-owned factories ù Abolition of child and prison labor ù Increased circulation of greenbacks ù Equal pay for men and women ù Safety codes in the workplace ù Prohibition of contract foreign labor ù Abolition of the National Bank

16. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

18. The Tournament of Today: A Set-to Between Labor and Monopoly

19. Haymarket Riot (1886) McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.

20. Haymarket Martyrs -- Four of the anarchists arrested were hung --K of L crushed after this

21. Governor John Peter Altgeld

22. The American Federation of Labor: 1886 Samuel Gompers

23. How the AF of L Would Help the Workers ù Catered to the skilled worker ù Represented workers in matters of national legislation ù Maintained a national strike fund ù Evangelized the cause of unionism ù Prevented disputes among the many craft unions ù Mediated disputes between management and labor ù Pushed for closed shops

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

25. Big Corporate Profits!

26. A “Company Town”: Pullman, IL A “Company Town”: Pullman, IL

27. Pullman Cars A Pullman porter

28. The Pullman Strike of 1894

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

30. The Pullman Strike of 1894 Government by injunction!

31. The Socialists Eugene V. Debs

32. International Workers of the World (“Wobblies”)

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

34. I W W & the Internationale

35. The Hand That Will Rule the World  One Big Union

36. 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.

37. Lawrence, MA Strike: 1912

38. 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.

39. Lawrence, MA Strike: 1912

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

41. Labor Union Membership

42. “Solidarity Forever!” by Ralph Chapin (1915) When the union's inspiration through the workers‘ blood shall run, There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun; Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one, But the union makes us strong! CHORUS: Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong!

43. Come On and Sing Along!!

44. “Solidarity Forever!” Is there aught we hold in common with the greedy parasite, Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might? Is there anything left to us but to organize and fight? For the union makes us strong! CHORUS: Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong!

45. “Solidarity Forever!” Through our sisters and our brothers we can make our union strong, For respect and equal value, we have done without too long. We no longer have to tolerate injustices and wrongs, Yes, the union makes us strong! * * * * Through our sisters and our brothers we can make our union strong, For respect and equal value, we have done without too long. We no longer have to tolerate injustices and wrongs, Yes, the union makes us strong! CHORUS: Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong!

46. Workers Benefits Today

47. The Rise & Decline of Organized Labor

48. Right-to-Work States Today

49. Unionism & Globalization?