Labor Unions

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

Facing 12-hour work days and wage cuts resulting from the depressed economy, factory workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company walked out in protest. The strike ended when President Grover Cleveland sent federal troops to Chicago on July 6, 1894.

• The Pullman Strike

• Great Anthracite Coal Strike

• Great Southwest Railroad Strike

• Steel Strike of 1919

In July of 1877, what did several railroads announce that triggered the first nationwide labor protest?

• employee layoffs

• wage cuts

• blacklists

• sixteen-hour workdays

Which incident was a result of a Chicago labor disturbance on May 4, 1886, in which people were killed by a bomb thrown during a demonstration?

• the Great Railroad Strike

• the Haymarket Square Riot

• the Homestead Strike

• the Pullman Strike

What incident occurred in 1886 that badly hurt the reputation of the Knights of Labor?

• the formation of the American Federation of Labor

• the Pullman Strike

• the Haymarket Riot

• the Great Railroad Strike

_______ is when workers refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet their demands.

• labor unions
• party
• strike
• sweatshop

_{Most strikes by unions in the late 1800s were unsuccessful mainly because}

• unions were unconstitutional

• strikes had never been used before to settle labor issues

• government supported business instead of workers

• strikers failed to use militant tactics

Formation of national labor unions in the late 1800's was mainly because of

• passage of laws that supported workers

• laws restricting immigration

• poor working conditions and low wages

• economic depression that led to high unemployment

The Homestead Strike was a protest 

• in Colorado demanding safer working conditions. 
• Chicago demanding an eight-hour workday.
• against the Pullman Palace Car Company’s unsafe working conditions
• against the Carnegie Steel Company’s plan to cut jobs.