worker’s rights of late 1800s. business grew due to factory mining became popular big business...
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Worker’s rights of late 1800s
Business grew due to factory
Mining became popular
Big Business in America
Men WomenChildrenImmigrants
needing work
Workers in factories
Long hoursWork 12 hour days7 days a week
Factory work
Little pay for workMen $10 a weekWomen $7 a weekBased on what
could produce.Children 10 to 20
cents a day.
Wages/pay for work
Very tight work space.
Very hotNot clean.Sweat Shops
environment
Some as young as 4
Small hands can reach places.
Children in factories
Didn’t consider workers feeling
Wanted profit
Business industry
No fire escapes Worried workersDisaster: FireDeath of Workershttp://www.ilr.corne
ll.edu/trianglefire/
Triangle Shirtwaist company
Want changeNeed someone to
uniteSamuel Gompers
Workers Demand change
Group to help with worker’s rights.
Creation of Labor Union
what do you think this image means? How does this connect with worker’s
right?
Shorter work week/day (8 hours 5 days)
Better wagesBetter working
conditionsInsurance benefits
End child labor
What labor unions wanted to see change in work place
Used strikes to help get point across.
How the unions reached their goal
Strikes
Some strikes led to violence
Homestead Strike
Pullman Strike
Do you think the tactics worked? Were the Labor unions successful? Think
about our working conditions today to help decide.