Rise of Labor Unions Vocabulary

Samuel Gompers

• The 16th President of the United States

• Fought tirelessly for the rights of women voters

• The inventor of the electric drill

• Key figure in the labor movement

Collective Bargaining

• Union officials representing the workers negotiate with management. If negotiation fails, workers may strike or organize a boycott to support union demands

• When a collection of business owners get together and brainstorm new ideas

• When a collection of workers get together and brainstorm new ideas

• Method of settling of settling disputes in which both sides submit their differences to a mutually approved judge

American Federation of Labor (AFL)

• One of the first NFL football teams to join the league

• Method used to increase union membership during the late 1890s and early 1900s

• Labor union that used strikes as a major tactic. Successful in winning higher wages and shorter workweeks

• Labor union that welcomed both skilled and unskilled laborers

Eugene V. Debs

• Inventor of the first steam engine

• Formed the American Railway Union. Most of the union's members were unskilled and semiskilled laborers

• 16th President of the United States

• Leader of the NAACP who fought for the rights of African Americans

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

• Labor union that included miners, lumberers, and dock workers. This union welcomed African Americans

• The American Railway Union

• Union that fought for the rights of business owners

• Labor union that was headed by John Rockefeller

Mary Harris Jones (Mother Jones)

• Became the spokesperson for the Socialist Party of America and was candidate for president five times

• She became involved in the American labor movement. Fought to end child labor.

• She was the mother to thousands of steel workers

• Owner of the Union Pacific Railroad

An organization of workers dedicated to protecting members' interests and improving wages, hours and working conditions for all.

• Labor Union

• Workers Rights

• Worker Strikes

• Collective Bargaining

The negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized body of employees

• Labor Unions

• Workers Rights

• Worker Strikes

• Collective Bargaining

Which national union did Samuel Gompers found?

• NFL
• CIO
• AFL
• NEA

What does AFL stand for?

• American Fun Labor
• American Finance of Labor
• American Freedom of Labor
• American Federation of Labor