Labor Unions (Lesson)

Today’s Vocabulary Words

● Labor Unions
● American

Federation of
Labor

● Knights of

Labor

● Haymarket

Riot

● Pullman

Strike

United Auto Workers Strike

United Auto
Workers

●

UAW

●

Auto workers

●

Created in
1935 in Detroit,
Michigan

●

391,000 active
members

●

Push for
health benefits
and wages

Labor Union

an organized association of workers formed to

protect and further their rights and interests

Sindicato

Asociación de trabajadores cuyo objetivo es la defensa de
los intereses profesionales, económicos y laborales de los

asociados

Big Business

●In the urban areas
major business
were using
immigrants for low
pay

●Monopolies
dominated

●Big businesses such
as Standard Oil &
Carnegie Steel

●BIG BUSINESS took
advantage of
immigrants in cities

●Demand for
industrialization

Drag and Drop

During the Gilded Age there were no regulation of workers. They were usually treated poorly and paid low wages. ​

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such as Standard Oil and Carnegie Steel took advantage of immigrants. These workers created ​

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which fought for the rights and wages of the workers.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Big business

Labor Unions

Tax Revenues

Government Agencies

Agricultural Workers

Working Conditions

●Harsh
working
conditions

●Cramped
areas

●NO LAWS TO
PROTECT
WORKERS

●Poor
ventilation

●Exposure to
dusty & metal,
and solvents

Child Labor

●Children
were often
hired to
work in
factories,
farms, and
mines

●Children &
women had
lower wages

●Worked in
dangerous
conditions

LABOR UNIONS

●Unions formed to
fight back big
business

●Workers formed
LABOR UNIONS to
protect
themselves

●Unions organized
strikes

●Created to fight
for better working
conditions and
wages

Multiple Choice

What is a labor union?

• Organization of workers that aimed to protect rights and wages of workers

• A type of investment group for workers such as a 401k

• A government agency that regulates worker rights such as OSHA

• A labor union is a social club for employees to meet and socialize

STRIKE- Refusal to
work

(Huelga)

Spongebob talks about forming

a union with Squidward.

American Federation of Labor (AFL)

●Leader:
Samuel
Gompers

●Welcomed
immigrants

●Higher wages

●8 Hour work
day

●Unskilled
workers

Knights of

Labor (KOL)

●Leader: Terence
Powderly

●Skilled workers

●Wanted 8 Hour
Pay

●Higher Wages

●Safety Codes

●RESTRICTIONS
ON
IMMIGRANTS

●Did not allow
○Doctors

○Bankers

○Chinese

Unions

●United workers
to start change

●More workers
than owners

●Unions grew
despite bosses
trying to shut
them down

●Workers united
together for
change

Break up into groups of 2

Create your own student

“union” poster

●

Name of the union

●

Symbol

●

List of demands that
you would want as a
student (4)

●

How would you plan
to reach those
demands

Haymarket Riot

●

Chicago

●

McCormick
Factory

●

Violent Protest

●

Protest for 8
hour work days

●

Protestors
attacked by
guards & police
officers

●

None of the
officers were not
prosecuted

Pullman Strike

●

Strike against
Railroads

●

American
Railway Union
(ARU)

●

Boycott Pullman
Railroads

●

Gov ordered an
INJUNCTION ON
THE UNION

●

Gov broke up
the union

Open Ended

How did labor unions change how workers were treated in the Gilded Age?