| A | B |
|---|
| sweatshop | a hot, cramped room in a factory |
| labor union | a workers' organization |
| strike | refusing to work |
| purpose of labor unions | to fight for better conditions |
| Triangle Shirtwaist Company | had a fire that killed 146 people |
| Samuel Gompers | labor union leader who formed the AFL |
| American Federation of Labor | a group of labor unions working together |
| Mary Harris Jones | fought for better working conditions for coal miners |
| Homestead Steel Works | people were killed during a strike here |
| Labor Day | National holiday to honor workers |
| conditions that led to labor unions | low wages and unsafe working conditions |
| goals of labor unions | ending child labor; better wages and working conditions |
