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greath southwest railroad strike
someone got fired for going to a union meeting on company time, this caused a strike in 5 states that started on march first 1886 and resulted in burned bridges and a railroad shutdowns during the strike, the strike ended in late march. -
hay market riot
a big peaceful protest for 8 hours work days that ended in someone throwing a stick of dynamite at a police officers feet, injuring many -
AFL Establishment
the afl was established to fight for workers rights in the united states. -
homestead strike
wages where cut at the carnegie steel company resulting in a union protest. the pinkertons where hired by the carnegie steel company to keep the peace. after an exchange of gunshots between pinkertons and protestors 10 where left dead and the union ended up having to unprotest and this weakened them -
triangle shirtwaist factory fire
a fire that happened in new york in the 10th story of a building. killed over 120 workers who where mostly women. changed OSHA's main goal. -
fair labor and standards act
standardized employment conditions, made minimum wage a thing, established overtime pay. -
Textile Worker Strike
walkouts in Alabama signaled the start of a textile strike that would involve over 400 thousand workers. this was during the great depression and in response to the lack of union recognition, poor wages and bad working enviroments -
wagner act
signed by Theodore Roosevelt the wagner act guaranteed union rights and protected workers from retaliation. -
GM sit down strike
a sit down strike at general motors company that resulted in increased wages and union recognition -
steel strike
steel strike that ended in a act that made everyone go back to work