Progressive Project- Labor by Reagan Feigel https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj en-us 2022-02-21 15:43:32 UTC 2022-02-21 16:19:55 UTC hello@padlet.com People Involved with the Movement elizabethgrant3 https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj/wish/2059012811 One of the major campaigners of the Labor movement was Samuel Gompers. Samuel Gompers was the leader of the AFL (American Federation of Labor) and was its first long standing president. He worked very hard to create rights for workers and strove to improve working conditions. Many claim that he is the most important campaigner for the labor movement due to his relentless and strategic efforts.]]> 2022-02-21 15:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj/wish/2059012811 People Involved with the Movement cont. elizabethgrant3 https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj/wish/2059016822 The AFL (American Federation of Labor) was a strong component of the Labor movement. This labor union encouraged strikes in order to negotiate better wages and rights. 

Similarly, their violent counterparts the Knights of Labor, were also influential to the labor movement. Although their violent methods might have done more to push back reforms, their demands were sometimes met despite the violence. ]]> 2022-02-21 16:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj/wish/2059016822 Which Political Party Supported the Movement? elizabethgrant3 https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj/wish/2059018587 The Populist party, and in turn the democratic party, supported the Labor Movement.]]> 2022-02-21 16:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj/wish/2059018587 Modern Day Impacts elizabethgrant3 https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj/wish/2059026090 Some modern day impacts of the Labor Movement are things that we have grown to see as normal in today's society.
These include:
-Minimum Wage
-Shift Regulations
-Child Labor Laws
-Five day work week]]> 2022-02-21 16:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj/wish/2059026090 Sources elizabethgrant3 https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj/wish/2059028181 https://aflcio.org/about/history/labor-history-people/samuel-gompers
https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/labor 

https://npg.si.edu/blog/tragedy-triangle-shirtwaist-factory#:~:text=Unfortunately%2C%20many%20remained%20trapped%20on,minimum%20wage%20and%20working%20conditions. 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/how-the-triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-transformed-labor-laws-and-protected-workers-health#:~:text=The%20Triangle%20Fire%20of%20March,of%20the%20early%2020th%20century. 

https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/triangle-shirtwaist-fire#:~:text=On%20March%2025%2C%201911%2C%20the,City%20burned%2C%20killing%20146%20workers. 

https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/labor#:~:text=For%20those%20in%20the%20industrial,who%20were%20injured%20or%20retired.

]]> 2022-02-21 16:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj/wish/2059028181 Triangle Fire reaganfeigel https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj/wish/2059032734 The Triangle Fire was one of the deadliest industrial disaster in US history. In New York City on March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory burned, killing 146 workers. This fire destroyed many lives and families, and this is what it took to redesign and re-imagine the workplace in the early 20th century. About 30 separate laws were passed, some of which helped regulate minimum wage and working conditions.]]> 2022-02-21 16:13:20 UTC https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj/wish/2059032734 Goals of Labor Movement lillyanderson1 https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj/wish/2059033651 Stop child labor, give health benefits and provide aid to workers who were injured or retired. ]]> 2022-02-21 16:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj/wish/2059033651 Successes of the Labor Movement elizabethgrant3 https://padlet.com/reaganfeigel/li8xnnl5udmct0kj/wish/2059041970 17th amendment- Enabled people to vote for their own senators in order to prohibit child labor. Governments are allowed to relegate labor for citizens under 18.

This changed the lives of most citizens, but especially:
-children
-immigrants
-workers
-lower class citizens
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