Chapter 14 Flashcards
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What are collective bargaining?
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When employers and employees negotiate wages, working conditions, etc
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What are labor unions?
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a group of workers organized to protect interests of members
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What is a strike
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Refusal to work by the union until certain conditions were met
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What is the railroad strike of 1887
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• Railroad Strike of 1877-
- west virginia
- lots of Violence
- Army called out to break the strike
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What is the Haymarket Affair of 1886
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Chicago, strikers fought ‘scabs’, police fired, bomb thrown, ‘ anarchists’ involved
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What is the Homestead strike of 1892
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Pennsylvania steel workers, ‘
Pinkertons,
gun battle,
union won
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What is a Pullman strike of 1894
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Chicago-
strikers shut down rail service,
Pres. Cleveland sent troops
