Unit VI – A Growing America Chapter 19 Section 3 – Industrial Workers Lecture Stations.

Unit VI – A Unit VI – A Growing AmericaGrowing America

Chapter 19Chapter 19Section 3 – Industrial WorkersSection 3 – Industrial Workers

Lecture StationsLecture Stations

Industrial WorkersIndustrial WorkersThe Big Idea

Changes in the workplace led to a rise in labor unions and workers’ strikes.

Main Ideas

• The desire to maximize profits and become more efficient led to poor working conditions.

• Workers began to organize and demand improvements in working conditions and pay.

• Labor strikes often turned violent and failed to accomplish their goals.

Main Idea 1:Main Idea 1:The desire to maximize profits and become The desire to maximize profits and become

more efficient led to poor working conditions.more efficient led to poor working conditions.

Several factors led to a decline in the quality of working conditions in the late 1800s.

Frederick W. Taylor, an efficiency expert, published The Principles of Scientific Management in 1909.

Maximizing Profits and Maximizing Profits and EfficiencyEfficiency

Why did factories focus Why did factories focus on specialization?on specialization?

How did machines lead How did machines lead to a decrease in jobs?to a decrease in jobs?

Poor Working ConditionsPoor Working Conditions

Workers begin to Workers begin to OrganizeOrganize

Trade UnionsTrade Unions 1842- 1842- Commonwealth v. HuntCommonwealth v. Hunt-.-. 1866- 1866- National Labor UnionNational Labor Union-.-.

Knights of Knights of LaborLabor

Main Idea 2:Main Idea 2: Workers began to organize and Workers began to organize and

demand improvements in working demand improvements in working conditions and pay.conditions and pay.

American American Federation of Federation of

Labor Labor

•collective collective bargainingbargaining

Trade UnionsTrade Unions 1869- 1869- Noble Order of the Knights of Noble Order of the Knights of

LaborLabor

Craft UnionsCraft Unions

American American Federation of Federation of LaborLabor

Workers OrganizeWorkers Organize

What were two important What were two important labor unions in the late labor unions in the late 1800’s?1800’s?

Why did collective Why did collective bargaining give workers a bargaining give workers a greater chance of success?greater chance of success?

Haymarket Haymarket RiotRiot

Homestead Homestead StrikeStrike

Main Idea 3:Main Idea 3: Labor strikes often turned Labor strikes often turned

violent and failed to violent and failed to accomplish their goals.accomplish their goals.

Pullman Pullman StrikeStrike

Labor StrikesLabor Strikes

What were union members What were union members protesting during the Homestead protesting during the Homestead Strike?Strike?

Did the Haymarket Riot help or Did the Haymarket Riot help or hurt the labor movement?hurt the labor movement?

Do you think strikes are an Do you think strikes are an effective and appropriate way to effective and appropriate way to handle labor disputes?handle labor disputes?