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4.4
Unions
Term | Definition |
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Trade Union | Union limited to people with specific skills. Made up of craft workers. |
Industrial Union | Generally opposed and often failed, made up of both craft workers and common laborers. |
Craft workers | Machinists, iron molders, stonecutters, glass-blowers, shoemakers, printers, carpenters, etc. Genereally rec'd higher wages and had more control over their time on the shop floor. More specialized. |
Common Laborers | Had few skills and rec'd lower wages. |
AFL | American Federation of Labor. First labor union. |
Knights of Labor | First nationwide industrial union. 8 hour work day, no child labor, equal pay for women. |