Labor Unions the Failure to Gain Public Acceptance

Labor Unions: The Failure to Gain Public Acceptance

(Tindall and Shi, 768-787)

Questions / Knights of Labor / American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Membership
Who was eligible to join?
Who were the leaders?
Goals
What were the goals of the union?
Methods
What were the union’s methods of achieving its goals?
Reputation
What was the public’s perception of the union?
Events
What historical events can be connected to this union?

How does your completed chart help to account for the greater success of the American Federation of Labor than the Knights of Labor?

Labor Union Vocabulary (Tindall and Shi, 768-787)

Molly Maguires

Great Railroad Strike of 1877

Sand-Lot Incident

Haymarket Affair

Samuel Gompers

Homestead Steel Strike of 1892

Pullman Strike of 1894

Eugene V. Debs

Mother Jones