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organized labor movement

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sweatshops small, hot, dirty, workhouses
company towns housing owned by business and rented out to employees
collective bargaining negotiating by a group with their employer for higher wages or better working conditions
socialism economic and political philosophy that favors public, instead of private control of property and income
knights of labor union that includes all workers of any trade, skilled or unskilled
Terence V Powderly leader of knights of labor union. strikes, walkouts and legislation were tactics used to assist workers. He grew the
Samuel Gompers founder of the American Federation of Labor
american Federation of labor (AFL) focusing on specific labor issues, like hiring union only members in workplaces
Haymarket Riot began as a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour work day, the day after police killed one and injured several workers
Homestead Strike industrial lockout and strike because of wages and work hours culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents
Eugene V. Debs labour organizer and Socialist Party candidate for U.S. president five times between 1900 and 1920 and spent 6 months in jail after leading the Chicago Pullman Palace Car Company strike.
Pullman Strike nationwide railroad strike in the United States that lasted from May 11 to July 20, 1894, and a turning point for US labor law
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