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Labor Unions During the Guilded Age (American Federation of Labor (…
Labor Unions During the Guilded Age
American Federation of Labor
-Skilled, white, make, craftsman in cities
Focused on better wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions
Organized into national unions based on the same trade
Broke off from the Knights of Labor
Founded in Columbus Ohio in December 1886
The first federation of labor unions in the United States
Founded by Samuel Gompers in 1886.
Industrial Workers of the World
Led by Jones, Flynn, Haywood, Debs
Wanted to create "One Big Union" by uniting many different laborers, even unskilled and foreign
Embraced class conflict, enforced violent tactics
Collapsed during wwq
advocated social revolution and led several major strikes
stressed solidarity
radical union
World and Knights of Labor
Organized the hay market square riot
grew really quickly because of the expanding economy, increased people living in urban areas,
open membership policy-they accepted unskilled, women, immigrants, African Americans
wanted laborers to own the industries they worked in
wanted to eliminate conflict between labor and management
peaked in 11886