https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn en-us 2019-02-07 22:19:50 UTC 2019-02-07 23:05:32 UTC hello@padlet.com socaljim1953 https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329008839 The Haymarket riots are the most famous strike, that happened in Chicago on May 4th, 1886. Thousands of people took to the streets with demands of a eight-hour working day.]]> 2019-02-07 22:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329008839 socaljim1953 https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329010010 The Wagner Act also known as the National Labor Relations Act, is a foundational statute of United States labor law which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining. It took place in 1935]]> 2019-02-07 22:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329010010 socaljim1953 https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329012321 Knights of Labor, officially Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, was an American labor federation active in the late 19th century, especially the 1880s.
 t originated as a secret organization meant to protect its members from employer retaliations.]]> 2019-02-07 22:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329012321 socaljim1953 https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329012697 The American Federation of Labor was a national federation of labor unions founded in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor. They organized workers in craft unions, and workers by industries. ]]> 2019-02-07 22:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329012697 socaljim1953 https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329013689 The National Labor Union was the first national labor federation in the United States. Founded in 1866 and dissolved in 1873, it paved the way for other organizations, such as the Knights of Labor and the AFL.]]> 2019-02-07 22:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329013689 socaljim1953 https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329014102 The steel strike of 1959 was a 116-day labor union strike by members of the United Steelworkers of America that idled the steel industry throughout the United States. The strike occurred after police attempted to break a picket line of retail workers.]]> 2019-02-07 22:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329014102 socaljim1953 https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329014760  The Taft–Hartley Act is a United States federal law that restricts the activities and power of labor unions.  It passed Congress in 1947, and established guidelines to correct unions' unfair labor practices.]]> 2019-02-07 22:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329014760 socaljim1953 https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329015588 The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York. Labor Day honors the American labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, laws, and well-being of the country.]]> 2019-02-07 22:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329015588 socaljim1953 https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329016518 In 1938 congress passed a law called the Fair Labor Standards Act, which set the 40-hour work, regulated child labor, and set standards for minimum wage ad overtime pay. ]]> 2019-02-07 22:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329016518 socaljim1953 https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329018014 The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.  The amendment was ratified by the required number of states on December 6, 1865.]]> 2019-02-07 23:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/socaljim1953/79ewejnskhhn/wish/329018014