Labor Unions and Workers' Rights

Long hours; little pay; dirty factories; dangerous conditions

• Working conditions in the factories

• Employee benefits and perks

• Factory production rates

• Work-life balance initiatives

People who hire other people to work for them

• employer

• employee

• contractor

• manager

Number of hours factory workers worked before unions

• 8 to 10

• 10 to 12

• 12 to 15

• 15 to 18

"Mother Jones", Irish immigrant; traveled around the world and help start unions

• Mary Jones

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B. Anthony

• Clara Zetkin

Workers stop working to force employer to make changes

• strike

• negotiation

• layoff

• union

Condition of factories

• Clean and safe

• Dirty and dangerous

• Modern and efficient

• Bright and spacious

Group of workers that work together to get changes, such as improve job conditions or better money

• Labor Union

• Trade Association

• Professional Guild

• Workers' Coalition

Money people earn at jobs

• salaries

• wages

• allowances

• commissions

Vacation; better working conditions, medical insurance, high salaries

• Four things that the unions helped people get

• Increased work hours, reduced pay, less vacation time

• Fewer job opportunities, lower salaries, no medical insurance

• More job security, less vacation time, lower working conditions

Person whose job was to help workers get better salaries and better working conditions

• union leader

• company manager

• human resources officer

• laborer