FAC Rise of Unions

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people who work for wages in factories, mills, mines, and other businesses, usually performing manual labor

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working class

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the practice of using children as manual laborers

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child labor

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a national labor organization, founded in 1886, that consisted mainly of skilled workers and focused on higher wages and shorter workday

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American Federation of Labor

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a violent clash in 1886 between union supporters and Chicago police that divided and weakened the labor movement

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Haymarket Affair

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an 1892 Carnegie Steel plant workers' strike that was broken by the state militia and resulted in the union being shut out of the plant for four decades

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Homestead Strike

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an 1894 railway workers' strike that was broken by federal troops, weakening the labor movement

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Pullman Strike

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organizations formed by workers to fight for better working conditions, better pay and safer conditions

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labor union

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the process in which working people, through their union, negotiate contracts with their employers to determine their terms of employment (salaries, benefits, working hours, etc)

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collective bargaining

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the first major labor union, they organized unskilled and skilled workers and fought for an 8 hour work day

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Knights of Labor

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a labor union that represented only skilled white male craftsmen, it became one of the most powerful labor unions of the Gilded Age and is still in existence today

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American Federation of Labor