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In was a battle between strikers and private security agents, the Homestead Strike occurred. The dispute occurred at the Homestead Steel Works in Homestead, Pennsylvania. The battle was between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (the AA) and the Carnegie Steel Company. The end result was a major defeat for the union and a setback for their efforts to unionize steelworkers.

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The Pullman Strike was a nationwide strike and a turning point for US Labor Law. The conflict began when nearly 4,000 factory employees of the Pullman Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages. A wildcat strike is a strike action undertaken by unionized workers without union leadership's authorization, support, or approval. The strike and boycott shut down much of the nation's freight and passenger traffic west of Detroit, Michigan.

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The Haymarket Riot happened because "an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb at police as they acted to disperse the public meeting. The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and at least four civilians; scores of others were wounded." Eight anarchists were convicted of conspiracy and seven of them were sentenced to death.

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Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and served as the organization's president from 1886 until his death in 1924. Through collective bargaining, he achieved for shorter hours and high wages, the first steps, be said, to emancipating labor.

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Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 restricts the activities and power of labor unions. The Act specifically prohibited jurisdictional strikes, solidarity or political strikes, wildcat strikes, closed shops, secondary boycotts, and secondary mass picketing.

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The Amendment which abolished slavery was adopted on December 18, 1865. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted following the American Civil War.

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The Wagner Act guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions. This guarantees them the right to collectively bargaining and strike if wanted. This could lead to better working conditions.

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 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations- Dec 1955

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 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations- Dec 1955

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AFL-CIO is made up of fifty-six national and international unions. Together, representing more than 12 million active and retired workers, the AFL-CIO strategically engages in substantial political spending and activism.

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Congress of Industrial Organization- Nov. 1936

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Congress of Industrial Organization- Nov. 1936

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The CIO was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the US and Canada until 1955. The CIO supported Roosevelt, the New Deal, and was open to African Americans.

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The AFL was  a national federation of labor unions in the US. In 1955, they merged with Congress of Industrial Organizations, to form the AFL-CIO, a federation which remains in place to this day.