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    The movement in organized labor from 1875 to 1900 to improve the position of workers was unsuccessful because of the inherent weaknesses of unions and the failures of their strikes‚ the negative public attitudes toward organized labor‚ widespread government corruption‚ and the tendency of government to side with big business. After the Civil there was a push to industrialize quickly‚ and the rushed industrialization was at the expense of the workers as it led to bigger profits for big business and

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    From the period of 1875-1900 organized labor enhanced the position of workers to a certain extent. Organized labor is defined as bunch of workers united as a single who would then bargain with employers to improve economic status and working conditions and through the use of organized labor political standings of workers. Organized labor had a good affect on workers since the hours at work was gradually decreasing due to labor unions while the wages were increasing. Labor groups such as the Knights

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    2014 DBQ Through out the period of 1875 and 1900 many strikes and labor movements occurred. Many labor unions tried to reform laborers’ wages and the conditions in which they were working. Even though there were many efforts for reform by organized labor‚ they were unsuccessful in improving the position of the laborers. In document A there is a chart of the daily hours and index of average daily wages. It shows that daily hours went from 9.9 in 1875 to 9.4 in 1891. This is a very slight drop

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    Chris Camacho 4th Period APUSH 12/12/12 Fruitless Unions from 1875 - 1900 Late 19th century America was a time of both industrial prosperity and poverty among workers. It was run by grasping corporations and proprietors. Workers found themselves alone‚ amidst the rest of the nation‚ merely individuals under the control of the lavish Rockefellers and Carnegies. Entire families found themselves working 10 hours a day‚ 7 days a week in unsanitary conditions just to have enough money to pay for

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    working conditions quickly came to the forefront of American reforms. The movement towards organized labor from 1875-1900 was unsuccessful in improving the position of workers because of the initial failure of strikes‚ the inherent feeling of superiority of employers over employees and the lack of governmental support. Since there was no groundwork to rationalize and show examples of the success of organized labor‚ it was nearly impossible to make it work at this time. If unions were going to work‚ striking

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    DBQ: Organized Labor Movement By 1900‚ the United States had become the number one industrial power in the world. One factor that allowed the country to climb to its prime position was its abundant labor supply‚ largely composed of immigrants who had arrived between 1865 and 1900. However‚ the spot came at a cost; laborers were working long hours for low wages under poor conditions for the dominating monopolies of the time. Hoping to better these undesirable situations‚ multiple labor unions would

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    3/3/14 From 1875 to 1900‚ there was a new kind of city in America‚ one that was based on industry‚ and industry needs workers. The factories needed hundreds of workers to run machinery and other processes in manufacturing‚ but these workers were not treated properly and they wanted to do something to improve the way that they were treated. The organized labor‚ although it showed some minor successes‚ was overall very unsuccessful in improving the position of workers from 1875-1900‚ because the

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    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

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    UNITED STATES HISTORY FREE-RESPONSE QUESTION Topic: How successful was organized labor in improving the position of workers in the period from 1875-1900? Analyze the factors that contributed to the level of success achieved. In an 1875 world‚ run by corporations and narcissistic owners‚ workers found that as individuals‚ they were mute to the rest of the nation. They were mere workers in the anthill‚ ruled by numerous ’queens’. These workers rallied together in an attempt to scare the queens

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    From the years 1875 through 1900 many organized labor unions and strikes occurred. The point of these strikes and labor unions was to eliminate such long hours and low wages that many laborers of that time had to endure. The labor unions demanded eight hour workdays. The labor unions and strikes also worked to eliminate many other hardships that laborers had. The labor unions and strikes were not successful. The only thing they really achieved was in bringing attention to the plight of the worker

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