18. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses, yearning to breath free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door. “
~ The Statute of Liberty
22. The Origins of the
Labor Union
Unions in the early republic and antebellum era
The Knights of Labor, 1869
The American Federation of Labor, 1886
Industrial Workers of the World, 1905
Union differences:
Skilled v. unskilled
Moderates v. radicals
23. The Demands
Moderates:
Better wages
Shorter hours
Better benefits
Better working conditions
Radicals
The overthrow of the capitalist system