Organized Labor Dbq

Organized labor did improve the position of workers in the period of 1875 to 1900 somewhat, but not as much as they had hoped for. Although it did succeed in creating sympathy from many communities, and ultimately did result in lesser hours and increased pay, it was not as successful as most would have hoped it to be. Many labor unions including the NLU, ARU, and Knights of Labor were started to improve the position of workers but ended up collapsing. Strikes such as the Haymarket Riot and the Pullman Strike failed and proved to be relatively ineffective.
Statistically speaking, it is clear that organized labor had a positive effect. The Historical Statistics of the United States shows substantial increase in average daily wages and relatively