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spoken or written agreement intended to be enforced by the law
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First and longes serving president of the AFL, under his rule it became the largest most influential labor federation in the world and he was a cigar maker
I believe that the trade unions will bring about both the improvement of conditions and the ultimate emancipation of workers. . . . I think that the emancipation of the working classes has to be achieved by the workers themselves. Trade unions are the pure, unadulterated organizations of the working classes.
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American Federation of Labor was the first federations of labor unions in the United States. Led by Samuel Gompers, the members wanted higher wages and better working conditions. There predecessor wasthe Knights of Labor.
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American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and was a candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. "It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it."
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anarchist that was a good public activist and active in the trade labor movement.
"As for the violence which people take as the characteristic mark of the Anarchist, it cannot and it shall not be denied that most Anarchists feel convinced that “violence” is not any more reprehensible toward carrying out their designs than it is when used by an oppressed people to obtain freedom. The uprising of the oppressed has always been condemned by tyrants." -
charismatic and very famous organizer for the United Mine Workers, fought for the rights of workers, labeled "the most dangerous woman in America" by a U.S. district attorney. "I have been in jail more than once and I expect to go again. If you are too cowardly to fight, I will fight,"
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one of the largest labor unions in america that represented the women’s clothing industry
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dedicated to controlling the means of production by the workers, won its greatest victories in the mining and lumbering industries.
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deadliet industrial disaster until the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center 90 years later, it killed 146 workers. Enforced the urgency of the labor movement to improve women's and immigrants' rights and conditions in the workplace.
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the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of workers in America
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It strengthened the antitrust laws that were put into place by the Sherman Act prohibited anticompetitive price discrimination, kept corporations from making exclusive deals, expanded the ability to sue and allowed unions to organize and prevent anticompetitive mergers.
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world war
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attack by the colorado national guard on strinking coal miners, 18 people killed
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Eight hour workday on the railroads with additional pay for overtime work.
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employees can work without joining the union
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negotiation between an employer and trade union to agree upon working conditions
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economic depression before world war 2, stock market crashed and led to bankruptcy, banks and industries closed, people lost their jobs and didn't spend as much money
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forced employees to either sign an agreement not to join a union or be fired, got outlawed
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requires federal contractors to pay construction workers the prevailing wage, goal was to outlaw wage exploitation
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banned yellow dog contracts and further restricted the use of court injunctions in labor disputes against strikes, picketing, and boycotts
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Congress of Industrial Organizations-federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States, basically they try to improve the lives of people who work.
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it gave labor unions government support and gives workers the right to organize and outlines the legal framework for labor union and management relations.
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protects workers by setting standards for minimum wage, overtime pay, record keeping and youth labor - 44 hour 7 days work week
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the least amount of money someone can be paid to work, permitted by the law
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form of union security agreement under which the employer agrees to hire union members only, and employees must remain members of the union at all times in order to remain employed
