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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

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