The Lives of Workers & Labor Unions PDF

Today We Will… Explain what the lives of workers were like during the Industrial Revolution Understand how labor unions were a big part of the Industrial Revolution  Getting Started…. Warmup: What do you think was one challenge of working in the factories during t...

Today We Will… Explain what the lives of workers were like during the Industrial Revolution Understand how labor unions were a big part of the Industrial Revolution  Getting Started…. Warmup: What do you think was one challenge of working in the factories during the Industrial Revolution? Men Who Built America  Industrial Workers Challenges Most factory, railroads, and Most jobs were very dangerous mine jobs Factories were not ventilated Didn’t make entire products Moving machine parts weren’t guarded Operated machines Governments did not regulate safety Made parts Assembled those parts Business owners had little incentive for safety Scientific Management – Machines cut off body parts Boilers exploded managers using 3 principles Emergency doors and fire equipment didn’t work would observe a worker, note Only lights were overhead windows how many moves the worker Very loud and constant made to complete a job, and Smoke and fumes with little ventilation attempt to reduce the Temperature: number of moves required. Summers would get to over 100° Worker would have to perform the Winters they would freeze new pattern of movements perfectly repeatedly all day long Unsanitary conditions  Long Hours, Low Pay 60 10 6 Women  Work Disasters Railroad Mining Factory 1888 - Mud Run Disaster 1907 – Mining accident 1911 – Triangle ________________ in in Monongah, WV Shirtwaist Factory PA 365+ miners working in a Watch the video 5,000 people attending a coal seam temperance meeting in Probably by an electric Hazelton, PA spark there was an 8 special trains from ____________ Lehigh Valley Railroad Killed at least 360 miners explosion taking them home instantly 1 train going fast plowed With no ventilation into another system they could not go Killed _____ people in more than 15 minutes 60 at a time to help Only ___ miners survived 3  Memorial Frances _______________, head of the New York Consumers League Perkins “I can’t begin to tell you how disturbed the people were everywhere. It was as though we had all done something wrong. It shouldn’t have been. We were sorry. Mea culpa! Mea culpa!” International Ladies Garment Workers Union & the Red Cross Provided help to survivors and families of the victims Women’s Trade Union League Called for an investigation and a memorial Memorial on April 2 in the Metropolitan Opera House funeral April 5 – day of mourning and 120,000 marched in a __________ procession NY District Attorney Charles Whitman charged Blanck and Harris with manslaughter Stating they had known the doors were locked 3-week trial in December and the owners were acquitted on the grounds of reasonable doubt Civil suits were subsequently filed against the owners Settled in 1913 for $75 a victim Change in the Workplace Committee of Public Safety was created Led by Frances Perkins Committee, ILGWU, and other unions called for investigations and reforms NYC Board of Aldermen created Bureau of Fire prevention ________________ Streamline inspections and codes Mandate that working safety devices, such as hoses, extinguishers, and alarms, be placed in buildings casualty 1911 – United Society of _____________ Inspectors was founded Exists today as the American Society of Safety Engineers Factory Investigative Committee established in June 1911 Proposed and saw passed over 15 laws that dealt not only with workplace safety, but with other issues affecting the lives of workers Union Victories Strikes, negotiations, and political lobbying eventually lead to: __-hour 8 workday End of ________ child labor Safer working conditions Fairer pay for women and minorities  Closure Question After seeing the conditions of workers during the Industrial Revolution, why were labor unions important?