The Labor Movement: Unionizing America

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Although organized labor has existed in some form throughout American history, the labor movement did not figure prominently in the relationship between management and worker until the second half of the nineteenth century. Due to large-scale industrialization during this period, coupled with an influx of immigrants, a new working class emerged to fill positions in American factories. In response, national labor unions were organized to address unsafe working conditions, low wages, and exceedingly long work days. As workers fought for better conditions, industrialists stood firm in maintaining the status quo. What resulted was a string of confrontations between labor and management. In several incidents during the 1880s
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Although organized labor has existed in some form throughout American history, the labor movement did not figure prominently in the relationship between management and worker until the second half of the nineteenth century. Due to large-scale industrialization during this period, coupled with an influx of immigrants, a new working class emerged to fill positions in American factories. In response, national labor unions were organized to address unsafe working conditions, low wages, and exceedingly long work days. As workers fought for better conditions, industrialists stood firm in maintaining the status quo. What resulted was a string of confrontations between labor and management. In several incidents during the 1880s and 1890s, workers went on strike and clashed with police who had been summoned by employers who refused to give in to their workers' demands. Despite the violence, labor unions gradually began to earn concessions from management. By the first decade of the twentieth century, the National Child Labor Committee had been established to set standards for child labor, and several states had passed labor laws to protect women. After persevering for decades, labor unions finally earned official recognition in 1935, when Congress passed the National Labor Relations Act.

About the Author:
Tim McNeese is associate professor of history at York College in York, Nebraska

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780791095034
  • Publisher: Facts on File, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 11/28/2007
  • Format: Library Binding
  • Pages: 168
  • Sales rank: 960,657
  • Age range: 11 - 17 Years
  • Series: Reform Movements in American History Series
  • Product dimensions: 6.70 (w) x 9.30 (h) x 0.60 (d)

Table of Contents


A Time of Change     7
Labor in Early America     23
America's First Labor Unions     36
A New Generation of Labor     52
The Knights of Labor     67
The American Federation of Labor     83
Labor and the New Century     106
Founding the CIO     122
Labor's Struggle Continues     137
Chronology     149
Timeline     150
Notes     156
Bibliography     159
Further Reading     161
Index     164

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