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  • Created on: 26-12-21 16:43
Attempt to restrict monopolies by which large companies were able to control a trade
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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large rally in Haymarket square and police attempted to disperse crowd leading to bomb explosion, 11 killed and 100 injured. 8 anarchists put on trial and 4 executed
Haymarket square riot 1886
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strike of 1981 occurred because of the government's unwillingness to allow air traffic controllers to be paid more for fewer hours.
PATCO
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provided federal employees with collective bargaining rights
executive order 1962
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set of programs proposed by President Johnson to eliminiate poverty and racial injustice.
Johnson's Great Society 1963-1968
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Requirement to pay overtime for work in excess of 40 hours per week
Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act
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During WWII it mediated disputes between management and laborers to prevent strikes
National War Labor Board
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established an 8-hour work day for all employees on trains in interstate commerce.
Adamson Act of 1916
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nationwide railroad strike in the United States on May 11, 1894 and a turning point for US labor law
Pullman Strike
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militant organisation seeking solutions to the labour problems and allowed skilled and unskilled women including women and blacks
knights of labor 1869
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The first time federal troops were called in to resolve a labor dispute.
railroad strike 1877
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Steelworkers strike, ends in violence.
homestead strike of 1892
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Chicago, someone threw bomb at police, who opened fire
Haymarket affair 1886
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Limited the use of injunctions against striking workers
Allowed peaceful picketing when it did not damage property
Clayton Anti-Trust act
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Allowed yellow-dog contracts (prohibiting membership to unions) 1915
Coppage vs Kansas
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made wage gender discrimination illegal
equal pay act 1963
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helped African Americans and Hispanics against discrimination at work
civil rights act 1964
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provided funds for training people to increase employment opportunities
economic opportunity act 1964
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prevented discrimination for people between 40 and 65
Age discrimination in employment act 1968
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large rally in Haymarket square and police attempted to disperse crowd leading to bomb explosion, 11 killed and 100 injured. 8 anarchists put on trial and 4 executed

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Haymarket square riot 1886

Card 3

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strike of 1981 occurred because of the government's unwillingness to allow air traffic controllers to be paid more for fewer hours.

Back

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Card 4

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provided federal employees with collective bargaining rights

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

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set of programs proposed by President Johnson to eliminiate poverty and racial injustice.

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