Monday, September 19

today is a work day with our groups.the triangle shirtwaist company caught fire and burt half o fthe building and more than 100 people. The great stirke of 1877 - workers of baltimore and ohio railroads protest about their second wage cut in two months.-What are labor unions and what is their purpose?workers in industriesWere labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples.yes and they recieved lots of money from this, cotton factories were used alot in the 1800's.steelworkers finally called a strike in1892. the more powerful unions became, more employers came to fear them. employers forced new employees to sign the "yellow-dog contracts swearing that they would not join a union.
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