today was another work day.Key questions-What are labor unions and what is their purpose?They are organizations that people join. They were origionally formed to protect workers from being underpaid and overworked. Now a days they are used more to make sure everything is being done in the correct and same way.Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples.Here are some of my notes:AFL (American Federation of Labor) led by samuel gompers went on strike and got saleries raised from an average of $17.50 a week to $24 and hours shortend from approxiamately 54.5 hours a week to 49.Failed strikes but added to momentum of union organizations:American Railway Union (ARU) formed by Eugene V. Debs. won a strike for a higher wages, but failed at other attempts to strike so the organization sort of died off.Industrial Workers of the World, or the Wobblies, Headed by William “Big Bill” Haywood, included miners, lumberers, and cannery and dock workers. Won one strike just like the ARU, but added to the momentum of union organizations.A union of 1,000 Japanese and Mexican workers formed the Sugar Beet and Farm Laborers’ Union of Oxnard. Also another union of Japanese and Mexican miners went on strike to be treated as well and get a high wages as the other white caucasion miners.
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