https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm Made with ♥ en-us 2021-11-29 13:52:28 UTC 2026-02-10 17:16:42 UTC hello@padlet.com rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917957080 After the Great Fire of 1835, there was a food shortage and prices jumped up, two companies were then accused of hoarding flour all for themselves. Citizens attacked and stole the food from the factory companies.

Significance- This was significant because it was one of the first if not the first demonstration that showed the division between the wealthy class and the lower class.  Showed that people who produced food could not even buy necessities. ]]> 2021-11-29 14:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917957080 rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917958865 In 1840 New England town mills began to recruit and hire 13 to 14 year old girls as employers to do things such as sew or operate the loom. These women worked about 13 hours a week and were paid next to nothing. 

The Significance of this is that this put women's working rights in motion and created the first union of working women.  One of the first opportunities for women to get a job. Broke trends of domesticity. ]]> 2021-11-29 14:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917958865 rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917960049 A man named Uriah Stephans was a Tailor and he wanted to organize a strike for higher wages, a local tailor union had just failed so Uriah got them together and formed the Knights of labor which started off as just Tailors and grew from there to everybody from coal miners to railroads.

This was significant because it was the first major worker organization, and it paved the way for the eight-hour workday and social and cultural uplift for workers. First all-inclusive unionization of workers. ]]> 2021-11-29 14:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917960049 rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917960860 In 1886 there was a normal protest for laborer rights, then someone threw a bomb at the police and this protest turned into a riot with 8 people dying and 8 extreme activists getting convicted. 

The Haymarket riot's significance was to mark a huge setback for labor activists because this violence discouraged more demonstrations and nearly halted the labor movement for decades. ]]> 2021-11-29 14:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917960860 rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917961898 The American Federation of Labor founded in 1886 was a group of skilled craft unions that were broken off from the Knights of labor because the Knights of Labor were too inclusive and they only wanted white-collar workers. Their goals were to drive the Knights from the industrial field and to get better hours and bigger salaries. 

The American Federation of Labor was significant because it created economic gains, higher wages, shorter hours, better working conditions.  Also because it was a subcategory and a big unoin]]> 2021-11-29 14:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917961898 rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917963504 Many workers were laid off of their job at a local steel plant so they performed a strike against the steel plant that got violent. Armed security guards were then sent in to break up the strike and protect the steel plant. This resulted in 16 deaths and many injuries. 

The significance of this was a message to strikers that if strikes get bad then armed guards can be sent in to break it up, possibly killing them. Because of that another impact of this was that steel striking was set back for about 26 years and it demoralized many steel unions. ]]> 2021-11-29 14:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917963504 rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917964793 In 1892 there was a railroad company owned by George Pullman and he had just cut the already strikingly low wages of his employees by 25%. Due to this many families were starving and they had no money so workers walked off the job and performed a railroad strike, stopping a large portion of railroad traffic, and also destroying railroad property.

The impact of the Pullman strike was that railroad companies lost about a million dollars because they started to only hire nonunion workers. Also to break up the strike the U.S government used an injunction and put in place labor day to honor the labor activists movement. ]]> 2021-11-29 14:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917964793 rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917975894 She was a labor activist who went to knights of labor meetings then took up fighting for labor. She organized hundreds of strikes including the Great Railroad strike of 1877 and ones that led to the Haymarket riots. Also, she pushed for child labor laws, and used a lot of her fame and status to push these issues.

The major significances of mother Jones was that she founded the social democratic party, helped to found the IWW, and uplift spirits and hopes for change in the workforce. ]]> 2021-11-29 14:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917975894 rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917982927 In a Triangle-Shirtwaist factory many women worked on a certain part of the place, and many safety regulations were not followed during the day-to-day week so one day when the factory caught on fire those people were trapped up there with nothing to do but jump or burn. 

The impact of this is that it forced the signing of a bill which investigated employment rules for women and children, fire safety, factory inspection, and sanitation. in 1912 there was also 25 new laws that changed labor protections. Finally, this tragedy also contributed to creating the Occupational Safety and Health Act. ]]> 2021-11-29 14:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917982927 rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917984676 There were disputes between coal miners and the coal companies because of low wages, not good tools, and terrible safety conditions. Coal companies then fired many unionized workers because they were doing demonstrations. Eventually, this led up to one side the coal miners who were armed, and another side the police and sheriffs in a skirmish-like war. 
 Significance- The significance of this was that coal miners became a shortage to find for UMW, raised awareness for the horrible conditions that miners worked in, and finally changed the way that unions demonstrated so that they didn't break the law. ]]> 2021-11-29 14:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917984676 rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917986103 A gigantic socialist labor union that developed during world war I. They pushed for a more communist or socialist style of government. 

Significance of this is that the US government needed everybody to work because of this war and now because they needed them most of all they decided to strike which got their purpose out. ]]> 2021-11-29 14:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917986103 rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917987203 The Wagner act was also called the National Labor Relations Act and was passed because of the growing tensions and disputes about labor laws. 

The significance of this or the impact of this passing was so that laborers could have a right to join and form unions, have a representative to enforce employee rights, and that act endorsed majority rule. ]]> 2021-11-29 14:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917987203 rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917988527 The Taft-Hartley act was made as an extension or modification to the Wagner act to better keep laborers under control. Truman originally had vetoed this law but Congress then outweighed his veto and the Act was passed. 

The significance of this was that this allowed the government to prohibit certain actions or demonstrations done by unions, and required that laborers reveal their political and financial activity, ]]> 2021-11-29 14:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917988527 rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917992245 In 1981 many air traffic controllers negotiated with the government for higher pay and lesser hours in their week. This was not taken seriously and in response to that about 13,000 Air-traffic controllers went on a strike. Ronald Reagan ordered anybody who didn't return to work in 48-hours to be fired, as a result 11,359 Air traffic controllers were fired. 

The significance of this was showing labor class people that the government had power over them and how powerful the president was. ]]> 2021-11-29 14:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1917992245 rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1920584127 He fought for the rights of the Latin-Americans and how they were being exploited in Arizona and the southwest. He organized all of the Latin-Americans out there and gave them the power and drive that they needed to unite and fight for better treatment and wages. 

The impact he left was that he gave people the power to unite and showed them that strength was in numbers. Also he left behind a legacy that peace can make a difference. ]]> 2021-11-30 14:55:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1920584127 rellington1 https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1922839317 The fair labor standards act was a labor bill signed by Franklin. D. Roosevelt. Minimum wage was established in this act and overtime pay was established in this act which was two big moves in labor development.

The significance of the Fair Labor Standards act was that it established a minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and finally youth employment standards. ]]> 2021-12-01 14:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rellington1/c4vtg3v3zvwr0qzm/wish/1922839317