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3 The Changing American Labor Force

4 Child Labor

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6 “Galley Labor”

7 Labor Unrest: 1870-1900

8 The Corporate “Bully-Boys”: Pinkerton Agents

9 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

10 A Striker Confronts a SCAB!

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

12 Knights of Labor Knights of Labor trade card

13 The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

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

16 Anarchists Meet on the Lake Front in 1886

17 Haymarket Riot (1886) McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.

18 Haymarket Martyrs

19 The American Federation of Labor: 1886 Samuel Gompers

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

21 Big Corporate Profits!

22 Attempted Assassination! Henry Clay Frick Alexander Berkman

23 A “Company Town”: Pullman, IL A “Company Town”: Pullman, IL

24 Pullman Cars A Pullman porter

25 The Pullman Strike of 1894

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

27 The Pullman Strike of 1894 Government by injunction!

28 The Socialists Eugene V. Debs

29 International Workers of the World (“Wobblies”)

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

31 I W W & the Internationale

32 The Hand That Will Rule the World  One Big Union

33 Mother Jones: “The Miner’s Angel”  Mary Harris.  Organizer for the United Mine Workers.  A founding member of the I. W. W. in 1905.

34 Labor Union Membership

35 Lawrence, MA Strike: 1912

36 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.

37 Lawrence, MA Strike: 1912

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

39 “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!

40 Come On and Sing Along!!

41 “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!

42 “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!

43 Workers Benefits Today

44 The Rise & Decline of Organized Labor

45 Right-to-Work States Today

46 Unionism & Globalization?


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