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The American federation of labor or (AFL) was a huge group of different labor unions. This started in 1886 by Samuel Gompers and focused on better pay, hours and better working conditions. AFL mainly was and is skilled workers like carpenters and electricians. They used strikes and negotiations to get what they wanted for employees. The AFL played a major improvement of the lives of Americans during their work time and our work time now.

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The knights of Labor was one of the first major labor unions in the United States. It was founded in 1869 by a group of garment workers in Philadelphia. Unlike many other unions at the time, the Knight of Labor welcomed workers from all trades and backgrounds, including women and African Americans. they aimed to improve working conditions, reduce working hours, and increase wages for workers. The Knight of Labor organized strikes and protest to fight for workers' rights. The union's influence declined after the Haymarket Affair in 1886, a violent clash between police and workers in Chicago. Despite its decline, the Knights of Labor set the stage for future labor movements and unions.

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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.

The organization's original platform was partly ideological. 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. The resulting backlash against unionism, along with the dissatisfaction of many KOL members, led to the union's demise and fostered the establishment of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in December 1886. The AFL focused on winning economic benefits for its members through collective bargaining. As a federation, it represented several national craft unions that each retained autonomous operations. The Knights, by contrast, represented both craft and unskilled workers in a single national union.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Meg Matthias.

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Knights of Labor (KOL) | History, Goals, Tactics, & Significance

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Overview of the Knights of Labor, the first important national labor 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.

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Scientific management was also know as Taylorism. It was developed by a man named Fredrick Winslow Taylor he created it to make work more efficient and productive. The idea was was to study and improve the working environment by breaking workloads into smaller sections for using time and studies to find better ways to do the work task. In todays time this still has influenced easier ways to work and manage time. Fredricks ways still continues to shape the way we work now!

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Fredrick Winslow Taylor and Scientific Management

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Financial crash

- Causing banks to close and businesses to fail

Unemployment

- Many people losing their jobs, leading to high levels of unemployment across the country

Economic Depression

- Panic triggered a long period of economic Depression, making it hard for people to find work and support their families.

Railroad Failures

- One of the main causes was the failure of several railroad companies, which had a big impact on the economy.

Bankruptcies

- Many businesses went bankrupt, and people lost their savings, causing widespread financial hardship.

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The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 until 1877, and even longer in France and Britain. In Britain, for example, it started two decades of stagnation known as the " Long Depression" that weakened the country's economic leadership.

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During the 20th century the living people mostly focused on getting the main needs to survive. Things like food, water, shelter, and clothing. They had to work to get these things or have others work for them. Although people didn’t push to get theses items and there needs. After the world war ll, people started buying more things they needed. The historian William Leach says it actually began in the U.S. around the 1900s. Stores bang to grow and became a huge thing. Later on those stores turned into large corporations. People started buying products to make even bigger profits off of.

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Many lived a hand-to-mouth existence, working long hours in often harsh conditions. Much accommodation was extremely unsanitary and unhealthy. Workers' diets were poor as they could not afford much fresh or nutritious food, with no electricity, running water or central heating.