Labor Movement

What is collective bargaining?

• Process in which employees negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages, and other working conditions

• A declaration of war against another nation

• A peace agreement between two or more nations

• Process in which employees refuse to negotiate with customers

What are sweatshops?

• Factories where employees work long hours under poor conditions for little pay

• Factories where employees work short hours under good conditions for high pay

• Factories where employees work irregular hours under average conditions for average pay

• Factories where employees work flexible hours under excellent conditions for high pay

What are company towns?

• Communities where residents rely upon one company for jobs, housing, and buying goods

• Communities where residents have multiple job options and housing choices

• Communities where residents rely upon multiple companies for jobs

• Communities where residents have no job opportunities and lack housing and goods

Terence Powderly. Skilled and unskilled workers. Women & minorities are welcomed as members. Collapse shortly after Haymarket Riot.

Terence Powderly. Trabajadores calificados y no calificados. Las mujeres y las minorías son bienvenidas como miembros. Colapso poco después de Haymarket Riot.

• AFL: American Federation of Labor

• Knights of Labor

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• Knights of Labor

• American Federation of Labor (AFL)

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Which of these are the advantages of labor unions? Select all that apply.

¿Cuáles de estas son las ventajas de los sindicatos? Seleccione todas las que correspondan.

• Strikes

• Closed Shop

• Mutual Aid Society

• Collective Bargaining

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Advantages of Labor Unions

Only union members can work there.

Ventajas de los sindicatos

Solo los miembros del sindicato pueden trabajar allí.

• Close shop

• Mutual Aid society

• Collective Bargaining

• Strikes

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Advantages of Labor Unions

Workers act together in negotiating new contracts for higher wages & better working conditions.

Ventajas de los sindicatos

Los trabajadores actúan juntos en la negociación de nuevos contratos por salarios más altos y mejores condiciones de trabajo.

• Mutual Aid Society

• Collective Bargaining

• Strikes

• Closed Shop

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Advantages of Labor Unions

Workers walk off their jobs and picket the factory or workplace.

Ventajas de los sindicatos

Los trabajadores abandonan sus trabajos y hacen piquetes en la fábrica o el lugar de trabajo.

• Strikes

• Mutual Aid Society

• Close Shop

• Collective Bargaining

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Milestones of Early Movement

After an explosion during a demonstration in Haymarket Square. Labor leaders arrested & put on trial. Labor movements associated with violence/anarchism.

Después de una explosión durante una manifestación en Haymarket Square. Líderes laborales arrestados y juzgados. Movimientos obreros asociados a la violencia/anarquismo.

• Homestead Strike (1892)

• Haymarket Riot (1886)

• Pullman Strike (1894)