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Bell Ringer What are scabs? Define injunction. What is the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act and was it effective?

Objective 5-4 -Assess the impact of labor unions on industry and the lives of workers.

Labor Strikes The Great Strike of July Baltimore and Ohio Railroad - strike because of wage cuts - 50,000 miles of track were not running - Lasted for one week - severely damaged economy - President Hayes sent in federal troops to stop the strike % of women working

Labor Strikes Haymarket Square Riot - May Chicago, Illinois - Strikers were protesting police brutality for killing a striker the day before - Bomb was thrown into crowd - several died - Police opened fire on crowd - 8 men convicted, 4 executed - People began to turn away from labor movement because of violence % of women working

Labor Strikes Homestead Strike - Carnegie Steel company - workers strike because of wage cuts - The Pinkerton’s hired scabs - violence erupted - steel production stopped - Economy hurt badly - Federal troops sent in % of women working

Labor Strikes Pullman Strike Pullman Co. builds railcars - striking because a wage cuts - wages cut by 50% - Violence erupts - Eugene V. Debs negotiates for strikers - Major boycotts begin - Federal troops sent in

Pullman Strike

Great Strike of 1877 Haymarket Square Riot 1886 Homestead Strike 1886 Pullman Strike 1894 End of Labor Union Movement

Questions What did President Hayes do to end the Great Strike of 1877? Which strike turned the public away from the Union movement? Which strike slowed steel production and had to be put down by federal troops?

Vocabulary The Great Strike of 1877 Haymarket Square Riot Homestead Strike Pullman Strike

Labor Union Movement Strikes Name of strike Cause Event Result Name of strike Cause Event Result Name of strike Cause Event Result Name of strike Cause Event Result