Rise of Labor Unions (GILDED Age)

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National Labor Union (NLU)

1866 by William H. Sylvis

  • Skilled and unskilled workers

    • EXCLUDED: immigrants (mainly Chinese)

  • Better wages, work hours (8), restriction on immigration

  • Arbitration (settling disputes between themselves) OVER striking

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COLORED National Labor Union (CNLU)

1866 by Isaac Meyers

  • NLU ignored A.Americans

  • Similar goals

  • Cooperation between management and labor

  • Political reform

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Knights of Labor

1866 by Uriah Stevens

  • Terrance V Powderly: key leader

  • Elizabeth Flynn Rodgers: led Chicago branch

  • Mother Jones: key organizer

Unite people who made something of value (honest toil)

Welcomed EVERYONE but government workers and Chinese

  • better wages, work hours, equal pay, and safety codes

  • Strike was last resort

    • Strikes of 1886 & 1887 tarnished them

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American Federation of Labor (AFL)

1886 by Samuel Gompers

  • “A Union’s Union” - no individuals

  • Unions of skilled craft workers

  • Better wages, work days, liabilities, mine safety laws, “closed shop”

Methods: boycotts and strikes with bargaining

  • Accepted capitalism but avoided politics