1800-1830
One of the first union strikes in the U.S. involved shoemakers. ___ was the main issue in the conflict.
What is, "Equal pay for equal work, regardless of the customer?"
This labor union wanted "currency reform" (inflation)
What was the National Labor Union?
This confederation sought to avoid the mistakes of the Knights of Labor.
What was the American Federation of Labor?
When a new hire promises not to join a union.
What is a Yellow Dog Contract?
The Cordwainers trial established this as the legal doctrine of Pennsylvania.
What is the "Strong version" of the Criminal Conspiracy Doctrine?
The National Labor Union wanted this many hours in the workday.
What was 8 hours?
Communist union, appealed to unskilled factory workers.
What was the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)?
This law was applied against labor unions; it was designed to be used against big business.
What was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (of the 1890s)?
This early national union confederation (1830s) used collective bargaining and had legislative goals.
What was the National Trades Union?
A group of violent coal miners in the 1870s.
Who were the Molly MacGuires?
Eugene Debs embraced this political position.
What was socialism?
After firing a union supporter, a firm circulates this among other business in the area.
What is a Blacklist?
The National Trades Union wanted to change voting eligibility by doing this.
What is, eliminate property ownership requirements (universal suffrage) for men.
Used in upstate New York: Spies reported pro-union activities to managers who then reported these to police, who arrested union leaders.
What was the Mohawk Valley Formula?
Strike prompted by pay cuts and rent increases in the Illinois "utopian factory town."
What was the Pullman Strike of 1892?
What is company scrip?
This issue prompted shoemakers to strike in Pennsylvania in 1835.
What is "prisoners making shoes?"
Chicago Riot where someone threw a bomb as a crowd rallied for the 8-hour workday.
What was the Haymarket Square Riot?
Strike at Carnegie Steel Works in Pennsylvania.
What was the Homestead Incident?
Outlaws violent criminal conspiracies.
What is a "Syndicalism" law?