Transcript 20-4 Rise of Organized Labor

The Rise of Organized Labor
20-4
Free Write
Do you have a job?
What are your responsibilities? Is it hard?
What are your hours?
Do you like working/your job?
If you do not have a job, what would be
an ideal working situation for you?
How can you compare your current
working conditions to what you saw
and heard about today in class?
A New Workplace
Pre-Civil War- most factories were small
and family run
– Bosses knew workers by name
– By late 1880’s that relationship began to
change
New Workplace
People worked all day at
machines
– large, crowded, noisy rooms
Extremely long hours and low
wages, dangerous conditions
– Sweatshops
By 1900 nearly 2 million children
under age 15, were at work in
factories
– 12 hours a day, 6 days a week
Stop and Think
What is a sweatshop?
Describe working conditions for
many people during the industrial
age. 3 lines!
Unions
Unions began to form
Unions fought for 3 MAIN THINGS
– 1. Better Hours
– 2. Better Pay
– 3. Better Conditions- safer
environments
Collective Bargaining- worker’s right to
negotiate working conditions with the
owners/bosses
The Rise of Organized Labor
The Knights of Labor- a union for
skilled workers only.
American Federation of Labor
(AFL)- Large union, made up of other
smaller trade unions.
ILGWU- The International Ladies
Garment Workers Union, made up of
females working in the textile industry
Triangle Factory Fire
Triangle Fire
Tragic fire that killed
many people due to
unsafe conditions
Stop and Think
What did unions fight for?
What took place at the Triangle
Factory fire? What was the impact?
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Homework: one paragraph.
– Explain what you saw. How does it
make you feel? Do you think that this
type of work is unfair? Why or why not?