https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp en-us 2021-11-29 13:52:37 UTC 2025-10-15 19:10:44 UTC hello@padlet.com cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1917993557 Flour riots were a food riot that broke out in New York. The riots lasted less than a day. Hungry workers stormed different stores and took sacks of hoarded flour.

Significance- Exposes a divide between the wealthy and the lower class.]]> 2021-11-29 14:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1917993557 cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1918012019 The Lowell Mill Girls were mostly 15-30 years old women who worked in the large cotton factories. They faced many long hours in the factories. A group of female reformers came together to ask for shorter hours.

Significance- They created the first union of working women in America. They also allowed for women to have better working and paid environments.]]> 2021-11-29 14:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1918012019 cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1920426722 The Knights of Labor were a group of people who organized skilled and unskilled workers, wanted an 8 hour work day, and wanted laborers to own the industries that they worked in. Along with those they wanted health and safety laws to protect the workers.

Significance- They were the first major labor organization within the US.]]> 2021-11-30 14:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1920426722 cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1920467302 The riots were in Chicago and was a major confrontation. The confrontation was between the police and labor protesters. A bomb was thrown at a group of policemen when they were trying to break up what was peaceful protest. The police then responded with a bunch of wild gunfire, killing many people and injuring a lot more.

Significance- The riots caused major setbacks for the already positive labor movements. The rights that were set back included the 8-hour workday.]]> 2021-11-30 14:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1920467302 cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1920484988 Labor dispute between the Carnegie Steel Company versus its workers. The guards and the workers exchanged gunfire, with three guards and 7 workers being killed.

Significance- The owners had much more power over the laborers, because they are able to fire how and whenever they want, and they could pay for guards to scare the laborers.]]> 2021-11-30 14:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1920484988 cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922814234 The Pullman Strike was a railroad strike and boycott. It disrupted a lot of traffic in the midwest. Federal troops were dispatched to try and stop the strike. After tons of violence the rail traffic resumed.

Significance- Made people start to want to have relationships between capitol and labor.]]> 2021-12-01 13:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922814234 cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922815660 The AFL organized many skilled workers together. They were not political but did have things they were wanting. The AFL was wanting shorter hours, higher wages, and better working conditions.

Significance- The AFL helped make life better for hundreds of thousands of working Americans.]]> 2021-12-01 13:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922815660 cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922816937 She was the most famous female laborer. She was a schoolteacher who ended up becoming a well known union organizer. She coordinated many strikes and co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World.

Significance- Helped fight for better wages and decent treatment. She also was a inspiration for many women.]]> 2021-12-01 13:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922816937 cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922818713 The deadliest industrial disaster in the US. 146 employees died within the fire.  Many of the people who died were young immigrant women.

Significance- Led to new fire safety routes in businesses and schools.]]> 2021-12-01 13:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922818713 cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922819845 The Battle for Blair Mountain was a labor uprising that would become the largest in US history. It was also the largest armed uprising since the civil war. 10,000 Virginia coalminers marched and would meet with company supporters and would begin to open fire into a war.

Significance- Showed the differences between the company owners and their workers. Showed an abuse of power.]]> 2021-12-01 13:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922819845 cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922821706 It is an international labor union that was founded in 1905. Their goals were to have a union in which the workers would have the ownership to productions and distribution.

Significance- Many workers now had more of a voice.]]> 2021-12-01 13:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922821706 cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922822495 The bill was signed into law by president Franklin Roosevelt. It would establish the National Labor Relations Board and addressed relationships between unions and workers.

Significance- Legalized the right for workers to join labor unions.]]> 2021-12-01 13:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922822495 cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922823993 The Fair Labor Standards Act was brought up during president Franklin Roosevelt's presidency. The act was able to help many different types of people.

Significance- Allowed for a minimum wage and made it to where minors could not be employed.]]> 2021-12-01 14:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922823993 cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922825688 The Taft Hartley Act was an act that was enacted by the US congress over the veto of President Harry S. Truman. The act was often seen as having similarities of the Wagner Act but did have its disadvantages. Many people did not seem fond of the bill.

Significance- Made it to where unions were unable to organize strikes anymore.]]> 2021-12-01 14:00:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922825688 cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922826691 Chavez was a known American labor leader and civil rights activist. He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association. This later merged with Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, to form the United Farm Workers labor union.

Significance- Had important victories which led to raise pay and safer working conditions.]]> 2021-12-01 14:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922826691 cweathers3 https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922827778 President Ronald Reagan would fire 11,359 air-traffic controllers. He would fire them because they were on strike and refused to return to work. This was seen as very aggressive and it led to air-traffic being very slow for a while.

Significance- Caused a lot of air-traffic delays even into the next presidents administration.]]> 2021-12-01 14:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cweathers3/l4swl96g5h1aafzp/wish/1922827778