Labor Unions-Apush

immigrants who had come to the US after the 1880s from southern and eastern europe

large number of railroad workers went on strike because of wage cuts. After a month of strikes, President Hayes sent troops to stop the rioting. The worst railroad violence was in Pittsburgh, with over 40 people killed by militia men

A demonstration of striking laborers in Chicago in 1886 that turned violent, killing a dozen people and injuring over a hundred.

In 1892- one of the most violent strikes in America at the Carnegie Steel Company. 7 people died. 300 Pinkerton detectives were hired and there was a battle where they ultimately surrendered.

This company produced railway cars and reduced wages by 25 percent leading to workers going on strike.

detectives hired by employers as private police force, often used to end strikes

Negative term for a worker called in by an employer to replace striking laborers

When management closes the doors to the place of work and keeps the workers from entering until an agreement is reached

A list of people who had done some misdeed and were disliked by business. They were refused jobs and harassed by unions and businesses.

(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity

an agreement some companies forced workers to take that forbade them from joining a union. This was a method used to limit the power of unions, thus hampering their development.

Work stoppages involving the primary employer-employee relationship that are neither sanctioned nor stimulated by the union and that violate a no-strike clause in the contract

1st effort to create National union. Open to everyone but lawyers and bankers. Vague program, no clear goals, weak leadership and organization. Failed

Leader of Knights of Labor

Governor of Illinois during the Haymarket riots, he pardoned three convicted bombers in 1893, believing them victims of the "malicious ferocity" of the courts.

American Federation of Labor. A union of skilled workers from one or more trades which focused on collective bargaining (negotiation between labor and management) to reach written agreements on wages hours and working conditions. The AFL used strikes as a major tactic to win higher wages and shorter work weeks.

He was the creator of the American Federation of Labor. He provided a stable and unified union for skilled workers.

Creates Carnegie Steel. Gets bought out by banker JP Morgan and renamed U.S. Steel. Andrew Carnegie used vertical integration by buying all the steps needed for production. Was a philanthropist. Was one of the "Robber barons"

United States industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry (1849-1919)

..., 22nd and 24th president, Democrat, Honest and hardworking, fought corruption, vetoed hundreds of wasteful bills, achieved the Interstate Commerce Commission and civil service reform, violent suppression of strikes

1855-1926. American union leader, one of the founders of the International Labor Union and the Industrial Workers of the World, and five-time Socialist Party of America Presidential Candidate.

(Industrial Workers of the World) A labor organization for unskilled workers, formed by a group of radical unionists and socialists in 1905.

getting violent is the answer, communists and radicals

Known as "Miners angel"

A set of ideas, also referred to as "scientific management," developed by Frederick Winslow Taylor, involving simple, coordinated operations in industry.

a management theory using efficiency experts to examine each work operations and find ways to minimize the time needed to complete it