Knights of Labor

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:admission gptkb:African-American
gptkb:women
gptkbp:advocatesFor gptkb:politics
graduated income tax
public ownership of utilities
public ownership of railroads
cooperative enterprises
public ownership of telegraphs
gptkbp:color gptkb:gold
black
red
gptkbp:declinedAfter internal divisions
association with violence
rise of AFL
gptkbp:dissolved 1949
gptkbp:excludes lawyers
bankers
gamblers
liquor dealers
gptkbp:founded 1869
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Uriah_Stephens
gptkbp:goal improve working conditions
abolition of child labor
eight-hour workday
equal pay for equal work
promote labor solidarity
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Knights of Labor
gptkbp:influenced labor movement in the United States
labor legislation
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Terence_V._Powderly
gptkbp:membership all workers except certain professions
gptkbp:motto An injury to one is the concern of all
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Great_Southwest_Railroad_Strike_of_1886
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Haymarket_affair
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Mary_Harris_Jones
gptkb:Ralph_Chaplin
gptkb:Leonora_Barry
gptkbp:peakMembership over 700,000
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Journal_of_United_Labor
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:rival gptkb:American_Federation_of_Labor
gptkbp:structure gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly
district assemblies
local assemblies
gptkbp:type gptkb:trade_unionist
secret society (initially)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Haymarket_affair
gptkb:The_Gilded_Age
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5