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    Working conditions were unsafe with no protective gear, long hours, child labor, and low wages. Joining a union could improve this by negotiating for an 8 hour work day, no child labor, better safety standards, and minimum wage. Early unions like the AFL focused on skilled male workers while women's unions addressed issues important to women, like the WTUL. Both government and businesses opposed unions, using tactics like labeling them un-American or communist and firing or blacklisting pro-union workers. Society had mixed views depending on need for jobs versus desire for better treatment.

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    Working conditions were unsafe with no protective gear, long hours, child labor, and low wages. Joining a union could improve this by negotiating for an 8 hour work day, no child labor, better safety standards, and minimum wage. Early unions like the AFL focused on skilled male workers while women's unions addressed issues important to women, like the WTUL. Both government and businesses opposed unions, using tactics like labeling them un-American or communist and firing or blacklisting pro-union workers. Society had mixed views depending on need for jobs versus desire for better treatment.

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    More people, More power, More money, Join a union

    Bad working Conditions

    No hard helmets
    No safety glasses
    No work boots
    No safety with machinery
    Kids working
    Long work hours
    Low wages

    How to improve conditions

    JOIN THE UNION!


    Less hours (8 hours)
    No child labor
    Improve safety
    Organize
    Minimum wage at least
    protection

    AFL vs Women's and


    Organized labor
    Af

    Womens

    Fought for skilled workers

    Women 18% of labor work force

    Samuel Gompers 1st president and preferred


    negotiation to strikes

    Jobs limited

    3 goals
    1. To get companies to engage in
    collective bargaining
    2. Push companies to only hire union
    members
    3. Achieve 8 hour work days

    1900 immigrant workers in NYC


    founded the International Ladies
    Garment Workers Union
    Womens Trade Union League (WTUL)
    became the first national association
    dedicated to womens labor issues.
    Goals: 8 hour working, minimum wage,
    and children working

    Governments attitude
    Government thought
    union was un-American.
    towards
    unions
    Union-busting where strategies used for keeping workers from
    organizing.
    Unions were considered. Marxism also known as socialism or
    communism.

    Big Businesses attitude


    towards
    union
    Oppoese unions
    Union busting kept workers from organizing
    Made workers sign contracts promising not to join
    unions
    Blacklist of workers who were pro-union
    Lockouts kept workers out of work place
    Strikebreakers took job of strikers

    Societys attitude towards


    union

    Some of Society looked at the Union as scary because if


    their bosses found out they were for union they would
    be fired and they needed money to support their family.

    Society went on strike to fight against low wages, poor


    working conditions, and child labor. Businesses
    responded to this by going on lockdown and hiring
    other people that were against the union to work for
    them.

    By:
    Jillian S.
    &
    Taylor G.

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