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TU History Dates
The dates of key events in Trade Union Civil Rights. A level OCR History.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Knights of Labour (KOL) established | 1869 |
| Molly Maguires violence begins | 1873 |
| AFL created | 1886 |
| Haymarket Affair | 1886 |
| Sherman Anti-Trust Act | 1890 |
| Homestead Strike | 1892 |
| Pullman Strike | 1894 |
| Omnibus Indictment Act | 1894 |
| Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) set up | 1903 |
| Industrial workers of the world set up | 1905 |
| Lochner v. New York | 1905 |
| Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire | 1911 |
| Clayton Anti-Trust Act | 1914 |
| Coppage v. Kansas | 1915 |
| National War Labour Board (NWLB) set up | 1918 |
| First 'Red Scare' | 1919 |
| Adkins v. Children's hospital case | 1923 |
| Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) set up | 1925 |
| Wall Street Crash | 1929 |
| Norris - La Guardia Act | 1932 |
| National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) | 1933 |
| Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States | 1935 |
| National Labour Relations Act (Wagner Act) | 1935 |
| National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) set up | 1935 |
| General Motors (GM) recognises the United Automobile Worker's Union (UAW) | 1937 |
| US Steel recognises Steel Workers Organizing Committee | 1937 |
| Congress of Industrial Organisations (CIO) set up | 1937 |
| Fair Labour Standards Act | 1938 |
| Taft-Hartley Act | 1947 |
| AFL-CIO merger | 1955 |
| Public workers banned from strike action | 1955 |
| Equal Pay Act | 1963 |
| Economic Opportunity Act | 1964 |
| Civil Rights Act | 1964 |
| Age Discrimination in Employment Act | 1968 |
| Occupational Health and Safety Act | 1970 |
| United Farm Workers Union (UFW) set up | 1972 |
| Coalition of Black Trade Unions (CBTU) set up | 1972 |
| Coalition of Labour Union Women (CLUW) set up, and affiliated to the AFL-CIO | 1974 |
| California Agricultural Relations Act | 1975 |
| Carter raises hourly minimum wage | 1977 |
| PATCO strike | 1981 |