tcu unions

when was the railroad strike?

1877

Where did the great railroad strike begin?

Martinsburg west Virginia

How long did the great railroad strike last?

45 days

What was one of the first national union called?

The knights of labor

When was the knights of labor founded?

1869

When did the Haymarket affair occur

Chicagos Haymarket square in 1886

when was the American federation of labor founded

1886

who founded the afl

samuel gompers

who led the march of the mill children?

Mother Jones aka marry Harris

what was the deadliest industrial disaster in 1911?

The triangle shirtwaist factory

when was the cio formed?

in 1935

when did iam begin?

1888

what is the largest union in the airline history

iam

whats the difference between a strike and lockout

a strike is initiated by union workers and a lockout is by the employers

when was the march of mill children

1903

who founded the cio

john l lewis

when did the afl and cio merge

in 1955

who merged with iam with cio

thomas Talbot

what are the 5 steps to collective bargaining

1. preparation

2. discussion

3. proposal

4. bargaining

5. final agreement

what if the collective bargain cannot come to a pass?