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13 amendment
The 13th amendment is the law banning slaverly. It took many attempts to get this amendment passed. -
National Labor Union
the first national labor federation in the United States. Founded in 1866 and dissolved in 1873, it paved the way for other organizations. -
Knights of Labor
Largest and one of the most imporant labor organizations of the 1880s. Terence V. Powderly was the most important leader. -
Railroad Strike
Country's first major rail strike. The first general witnessed general strike in nations history. -
1st Labor Day
Peter J. McGuire, a carpenter and labor union leader, was the person who came up with the idea for Labor DayCongress passed legislation making Labor Day a national holiday in 1894. -
Haymarket Roit
An aftermath of the bombing that took place labor demonstratioin, May 4, 1886. Eight people died due to the violence that day. Lack of evidence against people, eight radical labor activists were convicted with coo=nnection with the bombing. -
Samuel Gompers (vice-president)
Samuel Gompers was the first and longest-serving president of the American Federation of Labor .As a local and national labor leader, Gompers sought to build the labor movement into a force powerful enough to transform the economic, social and political status of America's workers. -
A merican Federation of Labor (AFL)
Was the nations federation of labor unions in the United States. Founded in Columbous, Ohio in May 1886, by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the knights of labor -
Sherman Anti-turst Act
A landmark federal statute in the history of United States antitrust law. This law ewas passed in 1890 by congress. -
Homestead Strike
Also known as Homestead Steel Strike or Homestead Massacre. An industrial lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892 -
Anti-Labor Injunction
A court order that either compels or restrains an act by an individual, organization, or government official. In labor–management relations, injunctions have been used to prevent workers from going on strike. -
Pullman Strike
A nationwide railroad strike in the United States on May 11, 1894. It pitted the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland. -
Shirtwaistg Factory fire
The deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in US history. The fire killed 145 workers. -
Textile Workers Strike
Largest labor strike going on in the United Stated at the time. The strike invilved around 400,000 textile workers. -
General Motors Sit Down Strike
On December 30, 1936 at 8pm autoworkers occupy the General Motors Fisher Body Plant Number One in Flint, Michigan. The orangized one of the first sit down strikes in America. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
WAs the federal statue of the united states. The act went on until October, 24, 1938. -
Tarft Hartley Act
A United States federal law that restricts the activities and power of labor unions. It is also known as the labor mangement relations act. -
The Wagner Act
This bill was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt on July 5, 1935. It established the National Labor Relations Board and addressed relations between unions and employers in the private sector. -
Steel Strike of 1959
On this day in 1959, some 500,000 members of the United Steelworkers of America went on strike.The walkout lasted 116 day remained the longest work stoppage in the American steel industry.
