Bell Ringer Name the moguls for the Banking
Bell Ringer � Name the moguls for the Banking, Steel, and Oil industries. � Where were European Immigrants inspected before they entered the US? � How many Asians came through Angel Island?
Objective 5. 03 � Assess the impact of labor unions on industry and the lives of workers.
Labor Union Movement Why were Unions Created? - Harsh working conditions (dirty, hot, low light) - Low pay - Men$5, W $2. 50, K $0. 25 - Long Hours (14 hrs per day) - Prevalent child labor - no protection for workers- 1910 - 40% of women working
Labor Union Movement Types of Unions - Craft Union- skilled workers (teachers, doctors, plumbers) - Trade Unions- industry workers typically unskilled (construction workers, ditch diggers, laborers) Labor Union Tactics - Strikes- work stoppage, protest - Slowdowns- decrease production - Closed Shops- employees join as a precondition to employment
Prominent Labor Unions Knights of Labor - “equal pay for equal work” - wanted end child labor - protected laborers American Federation of Labor - Samuel Gompers (leader) - wanted better wages and conditions American Railway Union - Eugene V. Debs (leaders) - Organized unskilled workers - Socialist (supported by poor) 40% of women working
Employer Tactics Lockouts - prevents workers from workers - lockouts employees out Scabs - “strikebreakers” - people who are hired to take strikers place Blacklist - People who are denied privileges Injunctions - Court order to stop doing something
Government Tactics Sherman Anti-trust Act - broke up monopolies - Used against big businesses - protecting small business - very unsuccessful Federal Troops - sent to break up strikes - used to protect business - used to break up monopolies
Questions � What is the purpose of a union? � Name one of the most famous unions? � What is the name for replacement workers? � Who tried to organize the skilled and unskilled workers? � What law tried to outlaw monopolies?
Vocabulary � Unions� Knights of Labor- � Scabs� Socialism� Sherman Antitrust Act-
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