Labor Laws and Unions

A labor union is an organization of workers formed to protect and advance their rights and working conditions.

A strike is when workers stop coming to work to protest or negotiate with their employer.

A strike is when workers work extra hard to get on the good side of their employer.

A strike is when workers prevent other unruly workers from stopping their work.

New technology to produce items meant bigger factories and more jobs

Cities used slavery to help build factories for free and faster.

To promote child labor, begin prohibition, and keep business owners wealthy.

To improve labor conditions, promote the eight-hour workday, advocate for equal pay, eliminate child labor, and support workers' rights.

To create a monarchical government in the United States led by the Robber Barons.

A person who works during a strike, or threatens strikers to get them back to work

A manager who negotiates with employees to end a strike

A worker who supports union activities but does not protest

A person who brokers a strike to begin

A famous band from the late 1800s.

A government spy agency for national security.

A private detective agency founded in the 1850s.

$5 a day

$2 a week

$2.50 an hour

Their parents got paid

A Steel Factory

A Garment Factory

A Car Factory

A Meatpacking Factory