Transcript of Big Business & Organized Labor How did industrialization change the workplace and give rise to labor...
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- Big Business & Organized Labor How did industrialization
change the workplace and give rise to labor unions? How did
industrialization change the relationship between the worker and
boss?
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- Industrialization Leaders Inventions Organization
Organization
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- Lives of Workers? Leaders OrganizationInventions
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- PSD Time! Please take 5 minutes to read and think about the
document you were givenPlease take 5 minutes to read and think
about the document you were given Think about:Think about: The
workers complaints The workers attitudes and perceptions of their
bosses What workers conditions must have been like
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- Minute Spit-it Give each person in your small group one minute
to talk about their findingsGive each person in your small group
one minute to talk about their findings Remember:Remember: Do not
interrupt If minute not filled, must be silent
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- Conditions for Workers
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- Factory Life Workers: Immigrants, whites, & African
Americans from the South.Workers: Immigrants, whites, & African
Americans from the South. Hours: LongHours: Long Pay: Very LowPay:
Very Low Conditions: Dust, bad lighting, faulty machines, no
inspections, burns, death, poor training.Conditions: Dust, bad
lighting, faulty machines, no inspections, burns, death, poor
training. Women: Highest number of workers.Women: Highest number of
workers. Children: Did not go to school.Children: Did not go to
school. Employers not required paying for factory
injuries.Employers not required paying for factory injuries.
Triangle Shirt Factory: Owner locked workers in, most died in a
fire.Triangle Shirt Factory: Owner locked workers in, most died in
a fire.
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- Especially Brutal Conditions in PA Coal and iron policeCoal and
iron police Pennsylvania Railroads and corporate
chartersPennsylvania Railroads and corporate charters Use of the
state militia and federal troopsUse of the state militia and
federal troops Company townsCompany towns
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- What could you do to protect your rights? If you were this guy,
what would your options possibly be to try to protect yourself?If
you were this guy, what would your options possibly be to try to
protect yourself?
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- Strikes in the U.S.
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- Labor Unions Goals: Safer working conditions, shorter hours,
& better pay.Goals: Safer working conditions, shorter hours,
& better pay. Early Unions:Early Unions: Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor led by Samuel Gompers. Problems: Some
unions did not represent all workers, riots, protests and strikes
became violent.Problems: Some unions did not represent all workers,
riots, protests and strikes became violent. Started Collective
Bargaining or negotiations between workers and managementStarted
Collective Bargaining or negotiations between workers and
management
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- Knights of Labor Terence V. Powderly An injury to one is the
concern of all!
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- Knights of Labor Knights of Labor trade card
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- Goals of the Knights of Labor Eight-hour workday. Eight-hour
workday. Workers cooperatives. Workers cooperatives. Worker-owned
factories. Worker-owned factories. Abolition of child and prison
labor. Abolition of child and prison labor. Increased circulation
of greenbacks. Increased circulation of greenbacks. Equal pay for
men and women. Equal pay for men and women. Safety codes in the
workplace. Safety codes in the workplace. Prohibition of contract
foreign labor. Prohibition of contract foreign labor. Abolition of
the National Bank. Abolition of the National Bank.
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- The American Federation of Labor: 1886 Samuel Gompers
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- How the AF of L Would Help the Workers Catered to the skilled
worker. Catered to the skilled worker. Represented workers in
matters of national legislation. Represented workers in matters of
national legislation. Maintained a national strike fund. Maintained
a national strike fund. Evangelized the cause of unionism.
Evangelized the cause of unionism. Prevented disputes among the
many craft unions. Prevented disputes among the many craft unions.
Mediated disputes between management and labor. Mediated disputes
between management and labor. Pushed for closed shops. Pushed for
closed shops.
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- Haymarket Riot (1886) McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.
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- 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
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- The Corporate Bully-Boys: Pinkerton Agents
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- Case Study: The Pullman Strike of 1894
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- Pullman Cars A Pullman porter
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- A Company Town: Pullman, IL A Company Town: Pullman, IL
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- The Pullman Strike of 1894 Government by injunction!
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- Case Study: Strikes Each group will be given one of the
following strikes to research: The Lattimer MassacreThe Lattimer
Massacre The Great Railroad Strike (in Pittsburgh)The Great
Railroad Strike (in Pittsburgh) The Homestead StrikeThe Homestead
Strike The McKeesport StrikeThe McKeesport Strike
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- Your group must research the following topics and report their
findings to the class What industry was involved with this strike
(coal, steel, railroads)?What industry was involved with this
strike (coal, steel, railroads)? What caused the strike to
happen?What caused the strike to happen? How did the strike go
down?How did the strike go down? What was the end result?What was
the end result?
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- The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
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- Homestead Steel Strike (1892) The Amalgamated Association of
Iron & Steel Workers Homestead Steel Works
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- Attempted Assassination! Henry Clay Frick Alexander
Berkman
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- Summarize What conditions cause strikes to happen? What is the
purpose of the strike? How did the company, police, govt, etc treat
workers? What did the strike accomplish?