Review- Labor Unions

A labor union is...

• a group of people that all work in the same trade

• an organized group of workers that come together to protect and further their rights and interests

• a group of factory owners that get together to make decisions about business

• people that don't like to work

The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was founded by-

• Samuel Gompers

• President Grover Cleveland

• immigrants looking for work

• women in the workforce

What is a skilled worker?

• someone who works in a factory

• someone who has had a job for a long time

• someone who has extra training required for a specific trade

• someone who is too good to work in factories

The rights of unions to negotiate wages with management as a group is called-

• collective barganing

• working together

• collective wages

• strike

What was the outcome of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory tragedy?

• people continued to work in unsafe conditions and people moved on from it

• women were no longer allowed to work in factories

• children were no longer allowed to work in factories

• new laws were passed to help enforce safer working conditions