Labor Union
organized strikes and protests in order to obtain better work conditions
collective bargaining
Negotiations between representatives of labor unions and management to determine pay and acceptable working conditions
strike
to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet certain demands
knights of labor
1st effort to create National union. Open to everyone but lawyers and bankers. Vague program, no clear goals, weak leadership and organization. Failed
terrence powderly
Leader of the Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
A powerful union made up of people with similar economic interests. Founded by Samuel Gompers, first successful union.
samuel gompers
leader of the American Federation of Labor
closed shops
an agreement in which a company agrees to hire only union members
yellow dog contracts
a contract between a worker and an employer in which the worker agrees not to remain in or join a union.
blacklisting
A blacklist is a list or register of people who, for one reason or another, are being denied a particular privilege, service, or mobility
lockouts
a company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities to work
scabs
Stirkebreakers hired by employers as replacement workers when unions went on strike
haymarket affair of 1886
In chicago, a bomb went off during a union rally, police fired weapons as a response killing civilians and police. Unions were blamed and associated w/ socialism and anarchy. As a result there was less unionization as well as strong anti-immigrant sentiment