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American federation of labor : Members
1.7 million members, trade or craft, women, black, and immigrants
Pullman strike of 1894 : strike
27 sates had strikes - ARU supported them
Haymarket riot of 1886: strike
August spech on poor treatment - police came - bomb thrown at cops
American federation of labor : Tactics
Avoided politics, strikes, collective bargaining (organized negotiation of wages)
Great railroad strike of 1877: Led by
Baltimore and Ohio railroad workers
Haymarket riot of 1886: strike reason
Better treatment by McCormick factory
Great railroad strike of 1877: goal
Better wages
American federation of labor : Goals
Capitalism - economic gains - organized skilled workers
Homestead Strike of 1892: led by
Carnegie vs association of iron and steel workers
Haymarket riot of 1886: Place
Chicago
Pullman strike of 1894 : solution
Cleveland: fed troops becuse it messed w mail
Knights of labor 1869: members
Craft and unskilled workers - NOT bankers and gamblers or Chinese
Great railroad strike of 1877: strike reason
Cutting wages 10% - workers didnt operate trains
Pullman strike of 1894 : strike reason
Cutting wages and raising rent
American federation of labor : Problems
Employers never accepted it , low wages and unsafe work
Pullman strike of 1894 : led by
Eugene debs and America railway union
Industrial Workers of the World 1905: problems
Had to bring ppl divided - race - together
Homestead Strike of 1892: strike
Homestead steel plant surrounded by strikers - Pinkerton national detectives broke down crowd - shots killing 12
Homestead Strike of 1892: Place
Homestead, Pennsylvania
Haymarket riot of 1886: led by
Knights of labor
Industrial Workers of the World 1905: tactics
Labor strikes, leaflets
Great railroad strike of 1877: solution
Militia and federal troops
Homestead Strike of 1892: solution
National guard (called on by Carnegie) slowly broke down strike
American federation of labor : Leaders
Samuel Gompers, John L. Lewis
Pullman strike of 1894 : place
Started in Chicago spread in US
Knights of labor 1869: tactics
Strikes - labor demonstrations
Haymarket riot of 1886: Solution
The bomb scared the crowd off - police settled crowd
Industrial Workers of the World 1905: members
Unskilled, women, non white
Knights of labor 1869: leaders
Uriah s Stephens & Terence v Powderly
Knights of labor 1869: problems
Violent strikes misrepresented unions, blacklisted by companies
Homestead Strike of 1892: strike reason
Wage cuts by Henry Frick
Great railroad strike of 1877: Place
West virgina
Industrial Workers of the World 1905: leaders
William d Hayward , Daniel de León, Eugene v debs
Knights of labor 1869: goals
Women equal rights, 8 hr work day, no more child work, more $
Industrial Workers of the World 1905: Goals
anti war, work controlled by workers
