Workers in the Industrial Age

Workers in the Industrial Age

by Erik Hauck

Poll

The average wage in 1903 was

• $350/day

• $22/day

• 150/day

• $200/day

Poll

In 1903 a loaf of bread cost

• 5 cents

• $1.00

• 50 cents

• 20 cents

Poll

If you were a construction worker in 1903 how much did you make?

• 16 cents/hour

• $16/hour

• 22 cents/hour

• $5/hour

​Workers in the

Industrial Age

• ​Workers worked 10 to 12 hours a day, six days a week.

• ​could be fired at anytime for any reasons.

• ​Immigrants were willing to take lower pay .

• ​People often worked in unsafe and unhealthful conditions.

• ​Garment workers worked in crowded and dangerous urban factories known as sweatshops.

​Workers during the Industrial Age

• ​1 million women had joined the work force.

• ​Women earned half of what men did.

• ​Hundreds of thousands of children under 16 worked in industry.

​Labor unions begin

• ​Labor unions are organizations of workers who seek better pay and working conditions.

• ​Workers were often fired for joining unions in the mid 1800s.

• ​First union was called the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor in 1869. Met secretly, had 700,000 members by 1886.

• ​Several violent acts turned public against them.

Open Ended

How many hours did a an average worker put in in 1903?

Fill in the Blank

Sweatshops were factories where workers

​American Federation of Labor

• ​In in 1886, a group of national trade unions joined together to for the American Federation of Labor,

• ​Represented skilled labor

• ​Led by Samuel Gompers they demanded better working conditions, higher wages, shorter hours and right to collective bargaining.

• ​Had 1.6 million members by 1904

​Unions Take Action

• ​Economic depressions in the 1870s and the 1890s hit workers hard.

• ​Many companies cut costs by forcing workers to take pay cuts, or were fired.

• ​Unions responded with large strikes that sometimes led to violence.

Multiple Choice

In conclusion, Labor Unions are

• A person hired to replace a striking worker in order to break a strike.

• a court order to stop something from happening

• A factory where workers work long hours for little pay and under poor conditions.

• a organization of workers who seek better pay and working conditions .

Multiple Choice

Collective Bargaining is

• when unions represent a group of workers in talks with management over wages and other matters

• an organization of workers who seek pay and working conditions.

• a shop or factory where workers work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions

• total control over a industry by one company

Multiple Choice

What is the current price of bread?

• $2.50

• $1,00

• $.05

• $5.00

Multiple Choice

What is the average price for a gallon of gas?

• $4.00

• 1.25

• 5.00

• 8.00

Multiple Choice

What is inflation?

• putting air in your tires

• rising costs of goods.

• the increasing value of the dollar.