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In New York City after the Great Fire, the price of flour grew drastically per barrel. The two companies Eli Hart & Co., and S. H. Herrick & Co. were blamed for holding all the flour. The rioters went and destroy 500 barrels of flour and 1000 bushels of wheat.
This led to an inflationary boom fueled by foreign investments and two successive years of wheat crop failures. It was also one of the first demonstrations in the history of labor.

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Lowell mill girls were young women who worked in industrial corporations in Lowell. These women worked long hours in bad conditions. They would protest wage cuts and better working conditions.

The significance was they were the first union created by women and protested for better working conditions for everyone.

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Created by Uriah Stephens and James wright. They operated in the U.S, Canada, Britain, and Australia. They focused on looking for a society in which workers would own the industries they labored. They also worked with colored people and women across the nation.

The significance was enforcing the 8-hour workday but it was never funded well. They also went to go end child and convict labor.

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The riot in Chicago Illinois was a peaceful labor protest when a bomb was thrown at a group of policemen. The police responded with gunfire with many killed and many injured. The riot set off a wave of xenophobia with the people.

It's significant because it was viewed as a setback for the organized labor movement in America fighting for an eight-hour work day.

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American federation of labor, December, 1886

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American federation of labor, December, 1886

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The federation was on many separate national units which were largely free to act on business owners. They focused on higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions.

This was significant because they accomplished higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions without becoming political.

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The Homestead Strike was a conflict at the Homestead Steel mill near Pittsburgh Penn. This was a battle between workers and private security agents hired by the factory. This was the deadliest labor strike with 12 deaths at the time.

This was significant because the laborers broke the power of the Amalgamated and ended the unionizing among steelworkers for the next 26 years.

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The Pullman Strike was when the major American railway was shut down by members in sympathy with the workers. The company pulled back the wages. Which led to an outbreak of violence among workers.

The significance was this led to the harmonious relations between capital and labor workers while protecting the public interest. It also shows that labor unions are successful and unsafe.

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Mother Jones became an active campaigner for the United Mine Workers Union. Then in 1898, she founded the social democratic party. She was considered to be one of the most dangerous women in America.

She was significant because she played a very important role in stopping child labor and was a very strong independent woman.

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The I.W.W is a worker-led union dedicated to direct action and was socialist. This was a communist system that wanted to organize unskilled labor in an attempt to overthrow the capitalist system.

This was significant because they organized the lumber strike of 1917 which secured the 8 hour work day.

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Women were in a textile factory on the 8th floor and they were locked on that level. A fire broke out and they were stuck in there.

This was significant because it led to so many fire law regulations in buildings today.

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Country boy miners worked in low wages long hours. They came out to the one county that allows unions and they fought. It led to a 3-day war among the miners and the Pinkertons/ the agents the company hired.

This was significant because it showed how violent these Pinkertons were getting and of course, led to better working conditions and such as higher wages and shorter hours.

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The Wagner Act established the federal government as the regulator and ultimate arbiter of labor relations. This act prohibited employers from engaging in such unfair labor practices as setting up or participating in a union.

This was significant because it allowed workers to create unions and bargain with their employers.

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The legislation passed by Franklin Roosevelt helped workers across America. It was a part of his New Deal.

The significance of this was it created the minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and better youth employment standards.

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This is United States federal law that is basically a modified act from the Wagner Act. It restricts the power of unions.

the significance is that it stops certain union practices and requires that they disclose their financial and political activities.

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Cesar Chavez was a civil rights activist and an American labor leader. he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association which eventually worked with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers labor union.

Cesar Chavez is important because he helped raise the wage and working conditions of all farmers.

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Air traffic controllers went on strike after they demanded a pay raise and better working hours. Ronald Regan called the strike illegal and had them get back to work because it slowed down air travel so much.

The significance was that it slowed air travel down and because of what Regan did by firing them and making sure they cant come back this probably wont happen again.