Economic theory proposed by David Ricardo that raising wages would increase the working population, which would in turn cause wages to fall, thus creating a cycle of misery and starvation.

Laborers who work for an income to support themselves and their families and most families required multiple income earning laborers, including children, to survive.

Act of closing a factory to break a labor movement before it could get organized.

Roster of pro-union workers that employers circulated so that these people could not find work.

Job offers that included a condition of employment that workers could not join unions.

Judicial action used by an employer to prevent or end a strike.

Collective Bargaining

Ability of workers to negotiate as a group (union) with an employer over wages and working conditions.

Great Railroad Strike of 1877

Major national strike in response to cut wages during an economic depression that turned violent until President Rutherford B. Hayes used federal troops to end the violence.

Labor organizations that typically focused on one type of skilled labor.

First attempt to organize all workers in all states and its chief victory was winning the eight-hour day for federal government workers, but it lost support after failed strikes and economic downturns.

National labor union that under Terence V. Powderly’s leadership accepted women and African-Americans and campaigned for abolishing child labor and forming worker cooperatives.

Strike in Chicago organized by the Knights of Labor that turned violent when an anarchist threw a bomb and killed seven police officers, which turned public opinion against unions.

American Federation of Labor

National labor union for skilled workers led by Samuel Gompers, who focused on better wages and working conditions through the tactic of collective bargaining.

Leader of the American Federation of Labor who focused on better wages and working conditions through the tactic of collective bargaining.

Pittsburgh steel workers’ strike against the Carnegie Steel Company that turned violent as workers and Pinkerton “scabs” clashed until state troops were called in to suppress the violence.

Strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company that was joined by the American Railroad Union and crippled national railroad traffic, which resulted in federal courts issuing injunction to end the strike.

Leader of the American Railroad Union who was arrested for refusing to end the Pullman strike after the injunction and helped found the American Socialist Party after his six-month jail sentence.

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Labor in the Gilded Age

Term	Definition
Iron Law of Wages	Economic theory proposed by David Ricardo that raising wages would increase the working population, which would in turn cause wages to fall, thus creating a cycle of misery and starvation.
Wage Earners	Laborers who work for an income to support themselves and their families and most families required multiple income earning laborers, including children, to survive.
Lockout	Act of closing a factory to break a labor movement before it could get organized.
Blacklist	Roster of pro-union workers that employers circulated so that these people could not find work.
Yellow-Dog Contract	Job offers that included a condition of employment that workers could not join unions.
Court Injunction	Judicial action used by an employer to prevent or end a strike.
Collective Bargaining	Ability of workers to negotiate as a group (union) with an employer over wages and working conditions.
Great Railroad Strike of 1877	Major national strike in response to cut wages during an economic depression that turned violent until President Rutherford B. Hayes used federal troops to end the violence.
Craft Unions	Labor organizations that typically focused on one type of skilled labor.
National Labor Union	First attempt to organize all workers in all states and its chief victory was winning the eight-hour day for federal government workers, but it lost support after failed strikes and economic downturns.
Knights of Labor	National labor union that under Terence V. Powderly’s leadership accepted women and African-Americans and campaigned for abolishing child labor and forming worker cooperatives.
Haymarket Bombing	Strike in Chicago organized by the Knights of Labor that turned violent when an anarchist threw a bomb and killed seven police officers, which turned public opinion against unions.
American Federation of Labor	National labor union for skilled workers led by Samuel Gompers, who focused on better wages and working conditions through the tactic of collective bargaining.
Samuel Gompers	Leader of the American Federation of Labor who focused on better wages and working conditions through the tactic of collective bargaining.
Homestead Strike	Pittsburgh steel workers’ strike against the Carnegie Steel Company that turned violent as workers and Pinkerton “scabs” clashed until state troops were called in to suppress the violence.
Pullman Strike	Strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company that was joined by the American Railroad Union and crippled national railroad traffic, which resulted in federal courts issuing injunction to end the strike.
Eugene V. Debs	Leader of the American Railroad Union who was arrested for refusing to end the Pullman strike after the injunction and helped found the American Socialist Party after his six-month jail sentence.

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