Properties (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:City_Hall
|
| gptkbp:activities |
Organizing strikes
|
| gptkbp:advocatesFor |
Workers' rights
Child labor Equal pay for women Eight-hour workday Pensions for workers |
| gptkbp:affiliatedWith |
Trade unions
Various local unions |
| gptkbp:challenges |
Opposition from employers
|
| gptkbp:collaboratedWith |
Other labor organizations
Socialist_groups |
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1873
Decline in membership |
| gptkbp:focus |
Labor rights
|
| gptkbp:founded |
1866
|
| gptkbp:goal |
Improve working conditions
|
| gptkbp:hasMember |
Skilled and unskilled workers
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
|
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:Post-Civil_War_America
|
| gptkbp:historicalImpact |
Set the stage for future unions
|
| gptkbp:historicalRole |
Foundation for organized labor
|
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
Pioneered labor organization efforts
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
National Labor Union
|
| gptkbp:impact |
Labor rights legislation
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
Labor_movement_in_the_U.S.
Labor_legislation_in_the_U.S. |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
European_labor_movements
|
| gptkbp:initiatives |
Promoting labor legislation
|
| gptkbp:inspiration |
Future labor movements
|
| gptkbp:keyIssues |
Wages and hours
|
| gptkbp:keyPeople |
gptkb:William_H._Sylvis
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
Influence on labor laws
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:membership |
Over 300,000 members
varied over time Diverse industries |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
First national labor convention
First national labor federation in the U.S. |
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
Labor Day establishment
|
| gptkbp:notableFigures |
Peter_J._McGuire
|
| gptkbp:promoted |
Worker solidarity
Health and safety regulations |
| gptkbp:publications |
Labor_Advocate
|
| gptkbp:reduces |
1870s
Economic depression |
| gptkbp:strategicGoals |
National labor reforms
|
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Knights_of_Labor
|
| gptkbp:tactics |
Political lobbying
|
| gptkbp:titleHeld |
Annual conventions
|
| gptkbp:type |
National federation
|