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GREAT STRIKES. SOCIALISM  Early Labor Unions 1.Knights of Labor- (Noble Order- 1869)  Discriminated against women and African Americans.

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1 GREAT STRIKES

2 SOCIALISM  Early Labor Unions 1.Knights of Labor- (Noble Order- 1869)  Discriminated against women and African Americans

3 SOCIALISM 2.American Federation of Labor (AFL- 1886) a.Samuel Gompers 1.African Americans and Women joined 2.Collective Bargaining- negotiations 3.*Organized blue and white collar workers

4 GROWING FRICTION A.Employers disliked and feared unions 1.“Yellow Dog” papers- the worker agreed not to engage in collective labor action

5 STRIKES ROCK NATION A.RR strike 1877- Baltimore and Ohio  Ended by federal troops B.Haymarket Strike 1886  Ended in a massacre

6 HAYMARKET STRIKE CONTINUED…  Chicago’s McCormick reaper factory  Demanded 8 hour work day  Bombing & Violence  Anarchists  Blamed and executed

7 HOMESTEAD STRIKE 1892 1.Struck Andrew Carnegie 2.Henry Frick a.Pinkertons called in to protect plant b.After a while, strikers gave in to company

8 PULLMAN STRIKE 1.1893- depression a.Eugene Debs- American Railway Union rep boycotts Pullman b.Ends in violence

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