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Trading Union
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Textbook Definition:An organization of workers who have united together to achieve common goals such as portecting the integrety of trade. Sentence: Trade unions became popular in mnay countries during the Industrial Revolution.
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Collective Bargaining
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Textbook Definition:Is a process of negotiations between employers and a group of employees aimed at reaching agreements to regulate working conditions . Sentence: Collective bargaining consists of the process of negotiation between representatives of a union.
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Textbook Definition: Any working enviorment considered to be unacceptibly difficult or dangerous.
Sentence: Sweatshop workers often work long hours for low pay.
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Injunction
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Textbook Definition:A remedy in the form of a cout order that requires a party to do or refrain from doing specific acts. Sentence: An injunction can require someone to do something like clean up an oil spill.
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Rose Schneiderman
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Textbook Definition:A U.S. labor union leader,socialist, and feminist of the first part of the twentieth century. Sentence: Rose Schneiderman was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union
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Knights of Labor
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Textbook Definition:The largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s. Sentence: The Knights of Labor promoted the social and cultural uplift of the workingman.
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Uriah Stephens
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Textbook Definition: U.S. labor leader Sentence: Uriah Stephens led nine Phialadelphia workers to found the Knights of labor in 1869.
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Haymarket Square
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Textbook Definition: An open air fruit and vegtable market near the North end.
Sentence: Haymarket square had been open since 1830.
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American Federation of Labor
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Textbook Definition:The first federation of labor unions in the United States. Sentence: The AFL was the largest union grouping in the United States for the first half of the 20th century. Visual Image:
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Terence Powderly
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Textbook Defintion:An Irish-American politician and labor union leader.
Sentence: Terence Powderely is most remembered for leading the Knights of Labor.
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Haymarket Riot
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Textbook Definition:The aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstartion at Haymarket Square.
Sentence:At the Haymarket Square a bomb was thrown at police officers.
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Homestead Strike
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Textbook Definition: An industrial lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892.
Sentence: The homestead strike was organized and purposeful.
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national board of united cloth hat and cap makers
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Textbook Definition: Rose Schneiderman's first union shop.
Sentence: At the national board of united cloth hat and cap makers Rose developed a reputation as an effective leader.
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International Ladies Union
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Textbook Definition: One of the largest labor unions in the U.S.
Sentence: One of the first U.S. unions to have a primarily female membership
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Samuel Gompers
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Textbook Defintion:An English born American cigar maker who became a labor union leader.
He became a key figure in American labor history.
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Mother Jones
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Textbook Definition: An Irish-American school teacher and dressmaker who became a prominent labor.
Sentence: She helped coordinate major strikes .
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Western Federation of Miners
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Textbook Definition: A radical labor union that gained a reputation for milanticy in the mines of the western united states and british columbia.
Sentence: The WFM palyed a key role in the founding of Industrial Workers of the World in 1905.
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Hart, Diane. The United States through Industrialism. Palo Alto, CA: TCI, Teacher's Curriculum Institute, 2005. Print. |
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