SOCIAL STUDIES SIX
LABOR
As mass production increased, working conditions often worsened. In response, workers began organizing. Progress was slow, but eventually workers made gains which effect us to this day.
Links:
Child Labor
The Dramas of Haymarket
The Pullman Strike: The Parable of Pullman
Samuel Gompers Call to Strike 1909
The Triangle Factory Fire
Leap for Life, Leap of Death: The Triangle Fire
The Triangle Disaster
Triangle Fire: An Eyewitness Report
Garment Workers: The Fight for Labor rights
The Homestead Strike
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