Last week you all did an excellent job of profiling those men who amassed prolific wealth during this Second Industrial Revolution. For this week, you will profile the people on the other end of the spectrum.
As you saw in class last week, the fortunes of these industries were built (often) using harsh/unfair businesses practices. Unionizing soon became the best option for workers to have their rights heard. Unions differed in tactics, who they represented, who they allowed to join and how "radical" they were; but, all of these groups essentially wanted the same thing---a fair piece of the pie.
For this week, please profile ONE of the following labor leaders/unions. Write a 100 paragraph to summarize the main points and then a Top Ten List of interesting facts.
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-Mother Jones
-Terrence Powederly
-Samuel Gompers
-Eugene V. Debs
-"Big" Bill Haywood
-American Federation of Labor
-Knights of Labor
Mary Harris Jones, also known as Mother Jones, was a union activist. Jones was born in 1830 in Ireland. Her family moved to America because of a potato famine. She went through many difficulties in her life. For example, she lost her husband and her four children to a yellow fever outbreak and then lost her home because of the great Chicago fire. After losing basically everything, she became devoted to improving working conditions. Jones accomplished many things in her lifetime. She campaigned for the United Mine Workers Union, founded the Social Democratic Party, worked with the Knights of Labor, and helped establish the Industrial Workers of the World. She often gave speeches to inspire the workers during strikes. She went to the strike sites, helping coal miners in Pennsylvania and railroad workers. The nickname, “Mother”, came from the workers because of how she cared for them. (143)
ReplyDelete1. She asked to be buried in the Miners Cemetery in Mt. Olive, Illinois.
2. Jones was a schoolteacher and a dressmaker.
3. She referred to the miners who died in the Battle of Virden as “her boys.”
4. U.S. district attorney said she was “the most dangerous woman in America.”
5. She was arrested at age 82 while she was at a strike in West Virginia, and she was sentenced to 20 years in jail.
6. Jones spoke on the radio about her experiences on her 100th birthday.
7. She marched in a miners' parade when she was 83 years old.
8. There was a bomb at one of the strikes she attended that killed 11 people, but she was not injured.
9. She said the union had saved her life.
10. Jones was also known as the miner’s angel.
Samuel Gomper was the first and longest serving president of the American Fedeation of Labor (AFL). Under his leadership the AFL became the largest and most influential labor federation in the world. It grew form 50,000 in 1886 to nearly 3 million by 1924. He forged a self-confident, orginized, and dedicated peopelt o a principle of solidarity and mutual aid. It was a group achievement not an individual one. He earlier worked with emigre socialists and labor reformers always credited him for his commitment to trade unionism as the esssntial vehicle for bringing about social reform. So he was made into a very disciplined leader from an early age which made him great for the American Federation of Labor (AFL). (127 words)
ReplyDelete1. Was born from a Jewish family in London and immigrated to New York.
2. Grew up making cigars with his father.
3. Worked also in unions.
4. Was a dicipleimed from an early age.
5. 1875 was voted president of AFL.
6. Held office for 40 years.
7. Focused on economic and not political things.
8. But when necessary he was policatlly nonpartial.
9. He is the most important man in uinion histry.
10. Fell ill and died during inauguration of the New Mexico president. (77words)
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Born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania and the son of Irish Immigrants, Terence V. Powderly was the leader of the alights of Columbus. He began his early age working for the railroad but was later apprenticed in a machine shop. In 1871, Powderly joined the Machinists’ and Blacksmiths’ National Union and rose through positions of leadership in the organization. In 1874, he joined the Knights of Labor, and in 1879 he attained the highest leadership office.The next dozen years, the Knights achieved numerical strength and had the greatest influence. He worked with the noted American bishop, James Gibbons, to persuade the pope to remove sanctions against Roman Catholics who joined unions. Powderly resigned as grand master workman in 189 (118)
ReplyDelete1. In 1894, he was admitted to the bar and established a successful law practice.
2. From 1897 to 1902, Powderly served as U.S. commissioner general of immigration
3.1907 to 1921 he served as the chief information officer for the U.S. Bureau of Immigration.
4. Powderly's leadership style caused much dissatisfaction among the Knights of Labor's members, especially the members who favored strikes.
5. Gompers and his supporters created a new union, the American Federation of Labor. This organization quickly emerged as one of the United States' most powerful unions during the 1890s.
6. Powderly held several elected and appointed positions during his life. He was elected Powderly mayor of their community in 1878, 1880, and 1882.
7. While still a teenager, Powderly became an apprentice in a machine shop. Unhappy with working conditions in his chosen industry, Powderly joined the Machinists and Blacksmiths National Union in 1871.
8. He died January 24, 1924, in Washington, D.C.
In the end, the Knights’ very success was their undoing. 9. The rapidly expanding membership rolls — at one time as high as 700,000—fractured the leadership and many of the local leaders pursued their own radical courses. In 1893,
10. Powderly resigned from the union because of protracted internal quarreling.
Knights of Labor (KOL), the first important national labour organization in the United States, founded in 1869. Named the Noble Order of the Knights of Labor by its first leader, Uriah Smith Stephens, it originated as a secret organization meant to protect its members from employer retaliations. Secrecy also gave the organization an emotional appeal. Based on a belief in the unity of interest of all producing groups—shopkeepers and farmers as well as labourers—it proposed a system of worker cooperatives to replace capitalism. After the election of Terence V. Powderly as grand master workman of the national organization in 1879, the group abandoned its secrecy and mystical trappings and struck the word noble from its title. Because Powderly was unwilling to initiate strikes or use other forms of economic pressure to gain the union’s objectives, effective control of the organization shifted to regional leaders. Membership in the Knights grew after the railway strike in 1877, reaching a peak of 700,000 in 1886. At that time the Knights were the dominant labour organization in the United States. The KOL’s influence declined sharply after 1886—a year marked by 1,600 strikes (some of them violent) and the deadly Haymarket Riot in Chicago. (word count:202)
ReplyDelete1. The Knights of Labor was the first major American labor union.
2. It was first formed in 1869 as a secret society of garment cutters in Philadelphia.
3. The unions leader was Terence Vincent Powderly.
4. The Haymarket Riot in Chicago on May 4, 1886, was blamed on the Knights of Labor.
5. The organization used the motto "An injury to one is the concern of all."
6. The union recruited workers in all fields, skilled and unskilled, which was an innovation.
7. The organization grew throughout the 1870s, and in 1882.
8. Powderly had been active in local politics in Pennsylvania, and had even served as the mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
9. The membership nationwide grew to about 700,000 by 1886.
10. By the mid-1890s it had lost all its former influence and had less than 50,000 members.
Samuel Gompers was an early labor leader, first in his own union and later as president of the American Federation. He was president between 1886 and 1924. Gompers led the labor movement in achieving solid gains for workers. Gompers focused on trade unionism, believing that unions should concentrate on better collective bargaining agreements and legislation affecting labor, while avoiding broad social issues. He was part of the Cigar makers’ International Union in 1864. He was into politics which made him conservative and distanced himself from social parties and such socialist labor movements as the Industrial Workers of the World.
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1. Champion of Labor
ReplyDelete2. Work as cigar maker
3. 1st labor leader
4. His secret to success was: to support trade and craft unions, to support pure and simple unionism focused on economic reform, and when political action was necessary, to support the party that is pro-labor.
5. One of the founders of the National Civic Federation
6. He was devoted to Unionism
7. Was an adviser to president Woodrow Wilson
8. Was also head of English speaking branch of the Cigar-makers’ Union
9. Was gregarious and convivial
10. He was vociferous enemy of prohibition
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Bill Haywood started working in the mines with other children when he was nine years old. By his mid-twenties, he was a miner in Silver City, Idaho, where he unionize his co-workers into the Western Federation of Miners. A few years later he was working at the WFM's national office, and quickly became the union's public face in battles against child labor and for a decent living wage. He was a long-time member of the American Socialist Party, and famously said, "If one man has a dollar he didn't work for, some other man worked for a dollar he didn't get". He was a co-founder of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and an outspoken proponent of the Wobblies' goal of unionizing all workers in "one big union" -- laborers in solidarity with craftsmen, blacks alongside whites, and woman as well as men. So basically he was one of the "Big Wigs" in his day and age of the Union. (160)
ReplyDelete1. “Big Bill” Haywood was a big man with a big heart and a big dream
2.was born William Dudley Haywood on Feb. 4, 1869, in Salt Lake City.
3.He learned hard lessons early in life. His father, a Pony Express rider, died when he was 3; he witnessed a fatal gun duel between classmates at age 7, and at age 9, he blinded himself in one eye in a slingshot accident.
4. He saw a black man lynched. Shaken to the core, he resolved to fight oppression.
5.Haywood was arrested
6.Haywood was sentenced to 20 years in jail and fined $30,000.
7.After a year in jail, he jumped bond while out on appeal and sought refuge in Moscow
8.He died there on May 18, 1928
9.the organization was beset by internal disputes and its membership declined dramatically after World War I to about 15,000 in 1922.
10.biggest victory was the two-month Textile Strike of 1912 in Lawrence, MA, known as the strike for “Bread and Roses.”(169)
Terrence Powderly played a solid role in the fight for working conditions. While working his first job as a teenager, he became unhappy with his working conditions. He soon became the president of the Machinists and Blacksmiths National Union. He then joined the Knights of Labor in 1874, and in 1879 obtained the highest position in the Union. Powderly generally opposed strikes, and many did not like this about him. He resigned his position in 1893. During Powderly’s life, he was elected mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Also, after resigning from the Knights of Labor, he studied Law. He was the United States Commissioner General of Immigration and Chief of the Division of Information in the U.S. Bureau of Immigration later on. He died in 1924.
ReplyDelete1. His parents were Irish immigrants.
2. Grand Master Workman of the Knights of Labor union.
3. Powderly favored boycotts over strikes.
4. Thrown out of Knights of Labor after becoming a lawyer.
5. Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
6. Powderly died in Washington, DC.
7. Inducted into Hall of Honor at U.S. Department of Labor in 1999.
8. Led Knights of Labor from 10,000 member to 700,000.
9. Part of the Greenback Labor Party.
10. First job was as a machinist.
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Samuel Gompers or, just Sam for short, was born on January 27, 1850 and died December 13, 1924. Sam Gompers was an English born labor union leader. Sam founded the AFl, American Federation of Labor. Samuel Gompers was the American Federation of Labor's president from 1886 until his death in 1924. The AFL grew to about 3 million by the time of his death. Gompers was even involved with cigar making in New York. Gompers was the leader of the cigar maker's local union number 15 at the age of only 16. Samuel Gompers was a leader most of his life, and he was very experienced at it. (108)
ReplyDelete1) Samuel Gompers was a cigar maker.
2) Sam was born in London, England.
3) Samuel Gompers was seventy four years. old when he passes away.
4) Sam's family was diverse in being Dutch and Jewish when he lived in London.
5) Samuel Gompers was sent to a Jewish free school when he was six years old.
6) Gompers was only 13 when his family moved to New York City.
7) Samuel was a apprentice to a shoe maker before being in his father's cigar making business.
8) Gompers was only sixteen years old when he became the leader of the cigar making union.
9) Sam helped found the AFL in 1886.
10) The AFL only admitted only members of specific craft with Gompers as it's president.
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The American Federation of Labor's was a Union group that was made up of craft unions in Columbus Ohio was when the American Federation of Labors in May 1886. The president of the American Federation of Labor's was Samuel Gomper and he stayed with them for 40 years the Knights of Labor's joined the American Federation of Labors in December of 1886. The American Federation of Labor's had both men and women to make it equal but at the same time there was raise and women weren’t treated a well as men as they would have meeting when they couldn’t come or when they did they hear what they say and chuckle and move on. (125)
ReplyDeleteSamuel Gomper is the first president of the American Federation of Labor's
Samuel Gomper was the president of the American Federation of Labor’s for 40 years
The American Federation of Labor’s was started in Columbus Ohio
The AFL was started May 1886
In 1920 the American Federation of Labor’s had more than 4 million people in its organization
In 1933 it had less than 2 million
The AFL was sexiest towards women
There was racism in the AFL for skilled and unskilled workers
The Knights of Labor’s joined the American Federation of Labor’s in december 1886
In 1890 the AFL started organizing only skill workers (105)
Mother Jones was a major influencer for labor rights in the 1800’s and early 1900’s. She helped create many labor organizations. She really wanted to help people who were in poverty and who were facing oppression. She was a voice for people who were not wealthy and did not have a voice. She helped these people in particular because she herself was in the poorer class of Americans, at some point. She really knew what it felt like to not have a voice, so she decided to make one for herself. This is one of the many reasons why America is so great.
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She was from Ireland.
Her and her family moved to America because there was a potato famine.
She was a teacher and a dressmaker.
She lived in Chicago during the Great Chicago Fire, and her house was burned down from it.
She was widowed from the Yellow Fever, and she also lost all of her children to the illness as well.
She was called the Miner’s Angel.
She was arrested at a violent strike when she was 82 years old.
She took a picture with a president during her time period.
Her real name is Mary Harris Jones.
There is a current newspaper named after her.
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Originally the knights of labor began as a secret society of Taylor‘s in Philadelphia in 1896. The organization didn’t grow much throughout the 1870s. But towards 1887, memberships skyrocketed. In 1879 Grant Master Workman Terrence V. Powderly took office of the group. By 1886 the Knights of Labor had 700,000 members. They insisted that people work and eight hour work day rather than ten or twelve like they were doing. They were strong advocates of lowering income taxes. They had a main focus of raising the pay for all of the men working in the factories. They also fought against child labor and political reforms. (103)
ReplyDelete1. They were very organized unlike most unions.
2. They hired everyone including men women skilled or not.
3. Powderly was a supporter in boycotts but strongly discriminated strikes.
4. They began hiring black people in 1883 even though segregation was still present in the community.
5. Even thought Powderly said no they the Knights of Labor led a strike in Chicago on May 1, 1886.
6. At the strike in Chicago a bomb was set off leading to the mass arrest of most of the members.
7. By 1890 the membership fell to 100,000.
8. It was said that the unions killed the Knights of Labor.
9. They hired women
10. They stopped a railroad company in 1884 and demanded they raise the pay wages
Samuel Gompers was raised as a hard worker who grew up poor. Gompers didn't start rich, instead he worked hard for what he had. This is evident from the age of 10 when he no longer gained formal education, but picked up an apprenticeship. He quickly began working for his father's business. Gompers became one of the first registered members of the Cigarmakers' International Union in 1864. Gompers served as the American Fedration of Labor president from 1881 until 1924. During his time as AFL president Gompers faced several riots which made him more strict in running his organization. Gompers remained fairly conservative on his viewpoints and the organizations he supported. (101)
ReplyDelete1. He founded and was the first president of the American Federration of Labor.
2. He was the most significant single figure in the American Federation movement.
3. Gompers grew up extremely poor in London.
4. Began schooling at the age of 6, and was only educated for 4 years.
5. He was making and handling cigars at the young age of 13
6. Gompers joined and participated in other unions in New York City, but nothing was more important to him than the cigar making union he and his dad were a part of.
7. At only the age of 16 Gompers was discussing politics and marketing issues within the Union.
8. Gompers lead the English speaking branch of Cigar Union.
9. He distanced himself from socialist's parties and their ideas.
10. Mother Jones was a part of one of the movements he distanced himself from. (137)
The Knights of Labor began in 1869 in Philadelphia as a secret society of tailors.Terence V. Powderly began his leadership in 1879. The Knights flourished and had 700,000 members by 1886. Powderly made rules of secrecy and committed the organization to eight hour work days, abolition of child labor, equal pay for equal work, and political reforms including the graduated income tax. The knight’s union were vertically organized, each included all workers in a given industry, regardless of trade. The Knights accepted workers of all skill levels and both sexes. Powderly believed in boycotts and arbitration, but opposed strikes. The knights of labor thrived by the beginning of 1886, but when the workers struck the Gould system again, they were beaten badly.(124)
ReplyDelete1.The KOL was the first major labor organization.
2.It organized unskilled and skilled workers, campaigned for an eight hour workday, and aspired to form a cooperative society.
3.Membership collapsed following the 1886 Haymarket Square riot in Chicago.
4. The Knights sought to end child labor and convict labor.
5.By 1886, the Knights had 700,000 members.
6.The Knights supported the Chinese exclusion act of 1885.
7.The KOL sought to attain their goals through boycotts and peaceful negotiations.
8.The Knights of Labor was led by Terrence V. Powderly.
9.Powderly opposed strikes but believed in boycotts and arbitration.
10.By 1890, the membership had dropped to about 100,000.(116)
The Knights of Labor began in 1869 in Philadelphia as a society of tailors. The beginning of the 1870's for the Knights of Labor was rough in growth, but towards the end they began to flourish. They started to flourish when Grand Master Workman Terence V. Powderly took office. A little over halfway through the 1880's, they had 700,000 members. This group stood for 8-hour work days, abolition of child labor, equal pay for equal work, and political reforms. This group was a union, and they had members of all skill levels, both genders, and starting in 1883, black and whites. (102)
ReplyDelete1) Membership in the group started decreasing in 1886.
2) They strongly supported The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and also the Contract Labor Law of 1885.
3) Powderly stood behind boycotts and arbitration, but at the same time stood against strikes.
4) He only had marginal leadership over union membership.
5) When he had gone against Jay Gould in 1884, they flooded with new members.
6) When they took a second strike against Jay Gould in 1886, they were beaten.
7) The general strike they took in Chicago still had participants even though they had lost against Jay Gould during the same time.
8) The strike in Chicago dealt with a bomb that was set off there.
9) By 1890, their membership had fallen down to only 100,000
10) Powerdly's leadership was known as erratic (127)
Samuel Gompers was born on January 27, 1850 in London. His formal education ended at the age of 10 when he became an apprentice to a shoemaker. He then switched to a profession of cigar making. His family moved to the United States in 1863. They settled in New York City, New York. He was elected as the president of the American Federation of Labor in 1886. He kept that position until he died in 1924. The American Federation of Labor grew from 150,000 to 3 million in his time there. The AFL left a permanent impact on the American society.
ReplyDelete1. Born to a Jewish family in London
2. Rolled cigars at age 10.
3. In 1864, he joined Local 15 of the United Cigar Makers
4. He married Sophia Julian, with whom he would have 12 children.
5. In 1875, Gompers was elected president of the reorganized Local 144 of the Cigar Makers' International Union (CMIU) in New York City.
6. He was president of the AFL for 40 years
7. The AFL grew from 50,000 to 3 million under him.
8. During World War I, Woodrow Wilson appointed Gompers to the Council of National Defense.
9. At the war's end, Wilson appointed Gompers to the Commission on International Labor Legislation at the Versailles Peace Conference.
10. Gompers died in December 1924 in San Antonio, Texas.(228)
Samuel "sam" Gompers was born in January 27, 1850. hwe was an american labor union figure. He created the AFL and server as the president from 1886 to 1894 and then 1896 to 1924, which was the year before he died. Gompers had ties with CUban Cigar workers in the U.S. from working with them at a young age. he also opposed William McKinleys plan to annex the phillipines in 1963. The AFL had a huge impact in foreign affairs with immigrant workers and issues involving their pay and their hours. the AFL was a large group that was anti hostility too.(102)
ReplyDelete1. Gompers Strongly supported the Chinese exclusion act of 1882
2. AFL played a big role in passing immigration restriction laws throughout the 1890s-1920s.
3. 1921, Emergency Quota Act and the Immigrationa ct of 1924, and keeping these laws enforced.
4. they also supported the Democratic party, as they were against big business and cheap labor.
5. the AFL was a big supporter of the war effort in WW1.
6. Gompers was elected the pres of Cigarmakers International union
7. he led the to organize due to daily wage reduction, almost paying them nothing
8. he later went on to be VP and second VP of the union the following years
9. he left the CigarMaker union to start the AFL
10.he stayed Vice Pres. of the Cigarmakers tuill he died.
Mary Jones was born in Cork, City Ireland. She grew up to be dressmaker and teacher in America. However, in 1867 her husband and 4 children all died from the yellow fever. Then in 1871 her dress store was lost in the Great Chicago Fire. She then began working as an organizer for the Knights of Labor and United Mine Workers union. She soon became known for leading strikes. At age 60 in 1897 she got the nickname name Mother Jones. She was recognized as the most dangerous woman in America in 1902. She is well known for the protest in 1903 where she led many kids to the home of Theodore Roosevelt. Words 113
ReplyDeleteLost her family to the Yellow Fever
Was born in Ireland
Called the most dangerous woman in America
Married to George Jones
Lived in Memphis for a period of time
5. Named “Mother” because of her care for the workers
6. Arrested at the age of 82
7. Helped form the Industrial Workers of the World
8. Founder of the social democratic party
9. Known as the miners angel
10. Her supports convinced the governor to give her a pardon
Mary Jones was born in County Cork, Ireland. She then moved with her family to Canada, then to America. The reason they moved was because of the potato famine. Later on, she started working as a labor activist. She then was given the nickname as "Mother Jones". She worked with the Knights of Labor. She gave the people speeches during strikes. The speeches were meant to inspire the workers. Mother Jones also traveled. She helped coal miners from Pennsylvania in 1873, then she worked with railroad workers in 1877. John D. Rockefeller coined her as the "most dangerous woman in America." at one point. [104]
ReplyDelete1. Mother Jones was born in Ireland.
2. She inspired many strikers throughout her years.
3. She died in 1830
4. She experienced lots of loss and tragedy.
5. She lived to be 100 years old.
6. She was arrested at age 82.
7. She traveled the nation for her strikes.
8. Workers rallied for her pardon.
9.She cared for the workers and was nicknamed "mother''
10. Her birthday is not confirmed.
Mary Harris Jones or also known as Mother Jones lived thur some the greats streaks of the years she lived. She got the nickname from the striker. She came in and helped all the employees streaks with the streak. She traveled thur the states to help and lead the streaks. Mother Jones was not born in the United States though. She was born in Ireland and moved here when the great Potato Famine that happened in Ireland. She was campaigner for the United Mine Workers Union. She even founded the Social Democratic Party. Jones was so hard headed that she lived to 100 years old. Jones helped so many family’s thur the strikes.(113)
ReplyDelete1)her family died of yellow fever.
2) Jones first career was a teacher and a dressmaker.
3) Jones husband and children also died of yellow fever in 1867.
4) She become a labor activist and worked with the knights of Labor.
5) she was know as the minors angel as well as Mother Jones.
6) when she 82 years old she was arrested for when was a part of the West Virginia strike.
7) the governor gave her a pardon after some people rallied to get her released.
8) she was celebrated across the country in 1930 at her 100th birthday.
9) she was buried at Miners Cemetery in Mt. Olive, Illinois.
10) Mother Jones was known as the most dangerous women in America.
The American Federation of Labor is the most historical labor union in America. It was founded by Samuel Gompers in 1886. Only white male skilled workers were allowed to be a part of the AFL. This made the AFL
ReplyDeletestronger and more popular. The AFL was organized of many different smaller trade unions under one big umbrella, and was the largest union in America. The main goal of the AFL was simple, lower working hours, increase pay, and create better working environments. They were know for pushing the idea that you needed 8 hours for work, 8 hours of sleep, and 8 hours to do what you pleased. The AFL went about reaching their goals in a peaceful way without riots. Many things were accomplished and resolved because of this union. In 1919 the AFL shut down the city of Seattle and 350,000 steel workers involved with the AFL went on strike. Many working people's jobs got better and easier because of the AFL. In 1955 the AFL merged with the CIO becoming the AFL-CIO. The AFL accomplished many things and changed the life of many American people.
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1. The founder of the AFL was a cigar maker
2. The AFL allowed only white skilled men
3. The AFL was very peaceful
4.The AFL was founded in Columbus, Ohio
5. The AFL still exists today
6. The AFL is still the largest union in America
7. The AFL shut down the whole city of Seattle with a strike in 1919
8. In 1955 the AFL became the AFL-CIO because they merged with the Congress of Industrial Organization
9. The AFL is made up of a bunch of smaller trade unions of skilled workers
10. Many former Knights of Labor people joined the AFL
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ReplyDeleteMary Jones was one of the most famous strike leaders ever. She was born in Ireland in 1837. Her and her family let Ireland because of the Irish potato famine. She lost her whole family to Yellow fever. She also lost most everything in the great Chicago fire. She was a school teacher before she became a strike leader. She founded the Social Democratic Party and she also help develop Industrial Workers of the World. She lead all kind of strikes she was called “The most dangerous women in American” by Elliot J. Gorn in his book titled “The most dangerous women in American.” She even leaded a strike with children from Philadelphia to New York. And she led all kinds of other kinds of strikes. She was a relentless fighter to rights for the working class.
1. Born in Ireland in 1830
2. Moved from Ireland to American to escape yellow fever
3. In 1867 her husband and four children died from yellow fever
4. Her home and business burned down in the great Chicago fire
5. Organized labor onions
6. Founded Social Democratic Party
7. She was thrown in jail many times for what she did
8. Took a group to the presidents house to ask him to pass a bill
9. Got the working age raised to 14 in Pennsylvania
10. There are still unions around today that she help creat
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