trade unions and labour civil rights

Question 1

who was Cesar Chavez?

Answer 1

Latino trade unions activist formed the UFW which had many success boycotts

Question 2

which AA civil rights group assisted the UFW

Answer 2

Black Panther Party

Question 3

welfare capitalism

Answer 3

includes social welfare policies and the practice of businesses providing welfare services to their employees. centered on the industries that employ skilled labour

Question 4

details on the pullman strike

Answer 4

-1894 May 11- June 20th
-34 people killed many more injured
-george pullman owner of company towns
-after economic depression, kept rent same but reduced wages
-american railway union covered 35% of pullmans workers
-Eugene Debs was president and attempted to control the strikers
-they got mad and flipped train which belonged to USA and got president involved
-125,000 workers striked

Question 5

what was the effect of the pullman strike

Answer 5

strikers lost 1 mil in wages and did 8mil in damage to pullman co and they lost the sympathy of the public towards union cause

Question 6

details on haymarket affair

Answer 6

-1886 3rd-4th may
-began peacefully but turned violent
-helped kill the KOL
-bomb thrown into a crowd in Haymarket square in Chicago
-police shot into crowd
-8 men convicted and hung

Question 7

effects of Haymarket affair

Answer 7

increased anti-union attitudes and public associated them with violence, the KOL lost popularity and AFL began to grow

Question 8

details on PATCO strike

Answer 8

-august 3rd 1981 13,000 air traffic controllers went on strike for wages
-went pretty wrong and all of the striking workers were fired
-Bob Poli was PATCO president
-thought that the pres would back him up

Question 9

PATCO strike effects

Answer 9

-public backed president and not PATCO workers
-largest mass firing in america to date