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| Collective Bargaining | these are face-to-face negotiations to settle disputes between workers and management. Each side has a agenda of demands and attempts to achieve a favorable compromise. The Union leaders have the power tp speak for the members of their union as a whole
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| Injunction | a court order obtained by a company to ban unions and stop strikes
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| Strikes, Pickets, Boycotts | tools that the union uses against the management of a company, During strikes workers refuse to work. In pickets people use signs toe publicize the strike and to stop strike breakers. In a boycott, the union asks the public not to buy the company’s produc
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| Company Unions | These were unions formed and controlled by their respective companies to appease the workers. The workers were lulled into a false sense of security be cause the company left the union without a real bargaining power
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| Closed Shop, Blacklist | A closed shop refers to a company that hires only union members. When a company blacklists someone, it told the other employees that the person was a union member, which prevented his from working after he had been fired.
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| Yellow Dog Contracts | These are contracts that the company forces a worker to sign before he can be employed in the company. the contract states that the worker cannot join a union.
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| William Sylvis, National Labor Union | 1866 Was the first national union. It represented the iron workers who wanted an eight hour day. The unions downfall was a result of becoming involved with politics and supporting the Greenback labor party.
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| Stephens, Powdery, Knights of Labor | 1869 Stephens founded the labor union and Terence V. Powdery led it. Its downfall was attributed to the lack of funds, lack of organization, and the violence at the Haymarket Square in Chicago
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| Great Railroad strike | 1877 railroad workers went on strike protesting wage cuts and prevented the railroads from operating. Federal troops were used against unions for the first time during this strike. This disturbances were stopped and workers were not rewarded
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| Samuel Gompers, AFL | 1881The American Federation of Labor (AFL) represented skilled labor and was composed of craft unions. The AFL learned from the Knights of Labor and the National Labor Union and avoided politics and violence
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| Haymarket Square Riot | 1886 this was a riot led by the Knights of labor in Chicago. It began as an attempt to secure and eight-hour workday. Twelve people were killed when an anarchist threw a bomb into a column of police men. This act of violence was linked to the KoL
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| Homestead Steel Strike Pinkertons | 1892 Carnegies steel workers had a sit-down strike. In response Carnegie hired the Pinkerton detective agency to stop the strike, but the attempt failed. the government militia laid siege to the factory for 20 weeks before the workers capitulated.
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| Pullman strike | 1894 this strike began when the Pullman palace car company severely cut wages for it workers. The railroad workers responded by refusing to link any Pullman car to a train. $80 million dollars in damage as mobs representing both sides roamed the streets
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| American Railway Union | It started the Pullman strike and was led by Eugene V. Debs
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| Eugene V. Debs | Debs was the head of the American Railway Union and later became the founder of the American socialist party.
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| Wilson-Gorman Tariff | 1894 it lowered duties on imports to about 40% but still protected American Industries from Foreign competition
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| Dingley Tariff | 1897 It raised duties to an extreme high average of 57%, the highest in U.S. history
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