https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4 The Stress of the Strikes and Labor Unions en-us 2016-08-29 14:41:37 UTC 2026-03-17 02:33:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ninja.png brandon_long1 https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/120325289 The Homestead Strike was a strike that happened when Henry C. Frick became the manager and never got to an agreement with the wages by June 29,  he ordered a lockout to where the workers couldn't get inside of the steel factory. They couldn't get in Because he hired 300 detectives to protect the property. The Homestead Strike was significant because the government showed that it was his fault that he didn't do what he needed to, to keep the factory together and he doesn't have the right to lock the workers out and not let them work.]]> 2016-08-29 15:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/120325289 kyle_copas https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/120325546 The Pullman Strike was a strike that happened when the owner George Pullman  fired 3 thousand of the six thousand workers and cut the wages by 25 percent for the rest of the workers,  On May 11,  the president of the railway union ordered workers to stop handling any trains  that had Pullman on them. The Pullman Strike was so significant because it showed that the government and the president's weren't just siding with owners it showed that they were siding with everyone it depended on the situations at hand.]]> 2016-08-29 15:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/120325546 kyle_copas https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/120334951 This shows how Pullman treated workers bad and didn't pay them good at all and may them pay a super high rent cost.]]> 2016-08-29 15:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/120334951 kyle_copas https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/120562857 The Great Railroad strike was  when the  workers blocked the railroad tracks, after that the word spread workers across the country joined in committing vandalism to show frustration. The Great Railroad Strike was significant because of how many people came out and supported the workers and helped block the tracks.

]]> 2016-08-30 14:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/120562857 brandon_long1 https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/120836626 It was stop watch studies to divide manufacturing tasks into short, repetitive segments. Fredrick Taylor created this system he encouraged factory owners to seek efficiency and profitability over any benefits of personal interaction. Owners took the model as soon as they heard of it and made their workers cog in a well oiled machine. This idea was so significant because of the process and how the machines were breaking putting oil in them made them run faster.]]> 2016-08-31 14:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/120836626 kyle_copas https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/120840190 It was one of the most important labor companies in America. Instead of going against the people they were with them. They adopted a broad reform platform and a recall on the 8 hour workday equal pay regardless of gender, elimination of convict labor, and the creation of greater cooperative enterprises with worker ownership of businesses. The significance of the KOL was that they were trying to help the people not push them away, also they didn't want the strikes to keep going on.]]> 2016-08-31 14:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/120840190 brandon_long1 https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/121098241 2016-09-01 14:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/121098241 brandon_long1 https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/121098880 The Haymarket Affair which occurred on may 4,1886, was a riot that was organized by labor racialist protesting the killing of several workers by the Chicago police. The riot was held in the Haymarket Square, The anarchists who were speaking that night were arrested and charged with murder. Someone in the crowd threw a bomb and injured an officer. This event was significant because it showed how the people wanted to have better working environments but the police were showing up and shutting the riots down.]]> 2016-09-01 14:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/121098880 brandon_long1 https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/121109758 This ties in the unit by showing how if we want a change we have to work together . They worked together to make a change by strikes and helping each other out]]> 2016-09-01 15:04:24 UTC https://padlet.com/brandon_long1/zo0y44ivmlj4/wish/121109758