| A | B |
|---|
| American Federation of Labor | Union formed by Samuel Gompers for skilled (crafts) workers |
| Great Railroad Strike | 1st strike in U.S. History where a president sends in federal troops to put down the strike. |
| strike | A work stoppage, refusal to work |
| anarchist | Radicals who oppose all governments and laws. |
| Haymarket Strike | Strike at McCormick Reaper Factory. Protestors threw a bomb into police formation. |
| Eugene Debs | Formed Industrial Workers of the World. Socialist who ran for president 5 times. |
| Injunction | Court order to stop something. |
| Refomrs that workers wanted in early 1900s. | 8 hour work days, no Sunday work, no child labor under 14 |
| Congress of Industrial Organizations | Formed by John Lewis for skilled and unskilled workers |
| AF of L-CIo | The 2 unions join together in 1955. |
| Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | 145 workers burned or jumped to their deaths at the NYC factory. |
| Reforms made after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | stricter fire codes |
| labor unions | Organizations of workers who band together for improved working conditions. |
| Goals of labor unions | better wages, improved working conditions, better hours, better benefits |
| What has happened to union membership since 1955? | Union membership has decreased, gone down. |
