Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:Union
|
| gptkbp:advocated_for |
health and safety regulations
worker cooperatives equal pay for equal work cooperative enterprises eight-hour workday end of child labor |
| gptkbp:affiliated_with |
gptkb:American_Federation_of_Labor
|
| gptkbp:challenges |
employers
government repression |
| gptkbp:competed_in |
gptkb:American_Federation_of_Labor
|
| gptkbp:decline |
1890s
|
| gptkbp:demographics |
skilled and unskilled workers
|
| gptkbp:dissolved |
gptkb:1949
|
| gptkbp:founded |
1869
|
| gptkbp:founder |
gptkb:Uriah_Stephens_Jr.
|
| gptkbp:had |
gptkb:local_chapters
a diverse membership a significant impact on labor relations a national leader a national structure |
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
|
| gptkbp:held_in |
national conventions
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Knights of Labor
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:American_labor_movement
|
| gptkbp:is_active_in |
various industries
|
| gptkbp:is_influential_in |
labor rights advocacy
|
| gptkbp:is_opposed_by |
strikes
|
| gptkbp:is_significant_for |
labor history
its role in labor history. the labor movement of the 19th century |
| gptkbp:key_figures |
gptkb:Terence_V._Powderly
|
| gptkbp:legislation |
labor laws
|
| gptkbp:membership |
over 700,000 at its peak
|
| gptkbp:notable_event |
Haymarket affair
|
| gptkbp:operates_in |
local assemblies
|
| gptkbp:promoted |
gptkb:political_movement
education for workers |
| gptkbp:published |
gptkb:The_Knight
|
| gptkbp:succeeded_by |
other labor organizations
|
| gptkbp:supported |
African American rights
women's rights |
| gptkbp:uses |
boycotts as a tactic
|
| gptkbp:was_a_precursor_to |
modern labor unions
|
| gptkbp:was_a_response_to |
industrialization
poor working conditions |
| gptkbp:was_characterized_by |
grassroots activism
|
| gptkbp:was_involved_in |
community organizing
political lobbying social reform movements the establishment of labor laws advocacy for immigrant workers |
| gptkbp:was_known_for |
inclusive policies
its secrecy in early years its broad platform of reforms |
| gptkbp:was_part_of |
the broader labor movement
the fight for workers' rights |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:American_Federation_of_Labor
gptkb:Haymarket_Affair gptkb:Gilded_Age_America |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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