Big Business & Labor FAC #2

When workers promised to never join a union.

• locke out

• union busting

• collective bargaining

• Yellow Dog Contract

A refusal to allow workers to work (by the owner)

• strikers

• collective bargaining

• lockouts

• arbitration

Negotiations between representatives of labor and management to reach an agreement.

• black lists

• collective bargaining

• lockouts

• strikes

A refusal to work by employees striving to better conditions.

• strikes

• lockouts

• collective bargaining

• black lists

A violent 1894 railway workers' strike which began outside of Chicago and spread nationwide.

• The Pullman Strike

• urbanization

• Americanization Movement

• tenement

A deadly strike at Andrew Carnegie's steel plant in which Pinkerton detectives clashed with steel workers.

• The Homestead Strike

• The Pullman Strike

• urbanization

• Americanization Movement

America's first multi-state strike due to wage cuts. Though few improvements were made, it demonsrated the power of unions.

• The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

• The Haymarket Affair

• The Homestead Strike

• The Pullman Strike

A labor organization for unskilled workers, formed by a group of radical unionists and socialists in 1905 which included African Americans.

• The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

• The Great Strike of 1877

• The Haymarket Affair

• The Homestead Strike

A national organization of labor unions which focused on collective bargaining, or negotiation between representatives of labor and management, to reach written agreements on wages, hours, and working conditions.

• American Federation of Labor (AFL)

• the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

• The Great Strike of 1877

• The Haymarket Affair

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