American labor movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:declinedAfter late 20th century
gptkbp:focusesOn workers' rights
labor unions
higher wages
collective bargaining
improved working conditions
shorter workdays
gptkbp:goal social justice
workplace safety
end to child labor
union recognition
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:New_Deal_era
early 20th century
late 19th century
post-World War II era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label American labor movement
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:activist
gptkb:suffragist
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:European_labor_movement
gptkbp:method boycotts
strikes
collective bargaining
union organizing
picketing
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Haymarket_affair
gptkb:Homestead_Strike
gptkb:Pullman_Strike
gptkb:Great_Railroad_Strike_of_1877
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:American_Federation_of_Labor
gptkb:Knights_of_Labor
gptkb:Congress_of_Industrial_Organizations
gptkb:Industrial_Workers_of_the_World
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Eugene_V._Debs
gptkb:Mother_Jones
gptkb:Samuel_Gompers
gptkbp:opposedBy business interests
government forces
gptkbp:relatedConcept right-to-work laws
union busting
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Fair_Labor_Standards_Act
gptkb:National_Labor_Relations_Act
gptkb:Taft-Hartley_Act
gptkb:Wagner_Act
gptkbp:resultedIn establishment of Labor Day
improved labor laws
rise of union membership
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:César_Chávez
gptkb:Cesar_Chavez
gptkb:Dolores_Huerta
gptkb:Walter_Reuther
gptkb:Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5