https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n en-us 2021-11-29 18:26:25 UTC 2024-11-25 21:54:01 UTC hello@padlet.com cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1918727352 In 1837 their was a food riot in New York City. It was a violent protest because of the rise in price of flour and grain. Protesters looted sacks of flour that was hoarded in storerooms and threw it on the street. In which caused ]]> 2021-11-29 18:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1918727352 cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1918772900 In 1834 the Lowell Mill Girls was a time when young female workers came to work in industrial corporations. They were underpaid and worked for almost nothing. In which women were encouraged women to join the workforce.]]> 2021-11-29 19:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1918772900 cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1918776851 In 1869 the Knights organized workers fought for an 8 hour workday. They wanted a cooperative society where laborers owned the industries in which they worked. In which it was the first major labor organization in the United States which included the unskilled and skilled workers, black, white, female, and male.]]> 2021-11-29 19:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1918776851 cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1918778835  In 1886 Haymarket Riots was a violent confrontation between police and labor protesters for workers striking for an 8 hour work day. A bomb was thrown at police men and then they responded with gunfire, killing people. In which it  increased anti-labor and anti-immigrant sentiment.]]> 2021-11-29 19:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1918778835 cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1918799822 In 1892 the Homestead Strike was a violent labor dispute with the Carnegie Steel Company and many of its workers because of a wage cut. It turned violent because the company brought in armed guards that were hired to protect the factory. In which effectively ended unionizing among steelworkers.]]> 2021-11-29 19:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1918799822 cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1918801190 In 1894 the Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike. The reason was because George Pullman laid off employees and cut wages for many workers. In which railway companies started to hire nonunion workers to restart business.]]> 2021-11-29 19:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1918801190 cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1921079982 Founded in 1886, the American Federation of Labor worked to improve the lives of working people. They want to to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to the nation. In which they they aimed at shorter hours, higher wages, and better working conditions for white-collared-people.]]> 2021-11-30 18:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1921079982 cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1921085473 In  1897, after Mary addressed the railway union convention, the men of the union started to call her "Mother". She helped to stop child labor. In which she is one of the most important person who helped during her whole life she helped to bring the end to child labor.]]> 2021-11-30 18:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1921085473 cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1921172967 In 1911 their were 600 workers working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory when a fire began in a rag bin. This fire killed 146 garment workers. In which supported the U.S. labor movement, the New Deal, the development of occupational safety and health standards, and the New York City Fire Department.]]> 2021-11-30 18:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1921172967 cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1922708820 In 1921 union miners and coal company supporters clashed near Blair Mountain and is called the largest armed uprising since the Civil War. The reason for the battle was workers mined were paid low wages with company currency,  which could only be used at company stores and were made to sign a yellow dog contract. In which commemorates the fight for constitutional rights.]]> 2021-12-01 13:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1922708820 cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1922709405 The IWW is a labor union that was founded in 1905. The goal of this union was to organize all of the workers of the nation into the single union and try to abolish the capitalism system. In which they opened its doors to all workers, regardless of ethnicity, race, gender or craft. ]]> 2021-12-01 13:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1922709405 cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1922709874  The Wagner Act guarantees workers the right to protect unions and organizers. Also created the National Labor Relations Board to regulate labor management relations. In which established the legal right to join labor unions and to bargain with employers.]]> 2021-12-01 13:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1922709874 cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1922710372 This Act provided for a 40-hour workweek, outlawed child labor, and set a minimum wage of 25 cents per hour. It was passed to protect workers from abuses of an workplace. In which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay recordkeeping, and youth employment standards .]]> 2021-12-01 13:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1922710372 cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1922710800 This act imposes limits on labor's ability to strike and prohibiting radicals from Union leadership. It removed the ability of unions to strike in a numerous ways. In which it weakened labor unions by restricting their actions in organizing. ]]> 2021-12-01 13:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1922710800 cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1922711218 Chavez organized Union Farm Workers (UFW). He also helped migratory farm workers gain better pay and working conditions. In which is known for his efforts to gain better working conditions for the thousands of workers by non-violent protests.]]> 2021-12-01 13:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1922711218 cporter116 https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1922711895 The Reagan Air Traffic Control Strike was when Reagan fired 11,345 striking air traffic controllers. And barred them from ever working again for the federal government. In which this was the first huge offensive in a war that America has  waged on this country’s middle class.]]> 2021-12-01 13:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cporter116/gulcirccb8rdaq8n/wish/1922711895