The gilded age capital vs labor
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This document discusses the changing labor landscape in the late 19th century United States. It provides information on child labor, labor unions like the Knights of Labor and American Federation of Labor, and notable labor disputes such as the Haymarket Riot, the Homestead Steel Strike, and the Pullman Strike of 1894. Key events and figures in the labor movement are summarized, along with the goals of different unions and tactics used by both management and labor groups in disputes over working conditions and pay.
The gilded age capital vs labor
- 4. Child Labor
- 5. Child Labor
- 6. Management vs. Labor Union “Tools” of Management “Tools” of Labor “scabs” P. R. campaign Pinkertons Lockout Blacklisting Boycotts Strikes
- 7. A Striker Confronts a SCAB!
- 9. Knights of Labor Terence Powderly (1869) - 700K members by 1886- 87, Haymarket Riot damaged reputation
- 10. Goals of the Knights of Labor 8 hr workday Worker-owned factories Abolition of child and prison labor Equal pay for men and women Workplace safety codes
- 11. Knights of Labor Knights of Labor trade card
- 12. American Federation of Labor (AFL) Samuel Gompers (1886); conservative union, joined tradesmen, sought small goals; membership at 1 m. by 1900
- 13. International Workers of the World (“Wobblies”) Mary “Mother” Jones and William “Big Bill” Haywood (1905) –global socialist working class revolution
- 14. IWW & the Internationale
- 15. The Hand That Will Rule the World One Big Union
- 16. Arise, you prisoners of starvation! Arise, you wretched of the earth! For justice thunders condemnation: A better world's in birth! No more tradition's chains shall bind us, Arise you slaves, no more in thrall! The earth shall rise on new foundations: We have been nought, we shall be all! 'Tis the final conflict, Let each stand in his place. The international soviet Shall be the human race 'Tis the final conflict, Let each stand in his place. The international working class
- 17. The Socialists Eugene V. Debs
- 18. Great Railroad Strike of 1877RR workers struck one week over 50,000 miles of track; Pres. Hayes used military to end strike.
- 20. Haymarket Riot (1886) Chicago, IL - protest following killing of six strikers at McCormick Harvester plant; 7 police dead; four protesters executed, one suicide, others rec’d life in prison; bomber never found; devastated K of L membership
- 22. Homestead Steel Strike (1892) The Amalgamated Association of Iron & Steel Workers Homestead Steel Works near Pittsburg, PA; strike against Carnegie US Steel; battle against Pinkertons; strike unsuccessful; breaks labor movement
- 23. Pullman Cars A Pullman porter
- 24. Pullman Strike of 1894 During Depression of 1893 Pullman reduced wages and cut jobs. American Railway Union (ARU) striked. Federal troops sent in.
- 25. President Grover Cleveland If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago, that card will be delivered!
- 26. The Pullman Strike of 1894 Government by injunction!
- 28. The Rise & Decline of Organized Labor