Labour Rights Flashcards
(27 cards)
When was the Contract Labour Law repealed?
1869
When and who did found the Knights of Labour?
1869
Uriah S. Stephens
How did the Knight of Labour become a large union?
The appointment of Terence V. Powderly as the leader of the organisation in 1879, the union was moved out of secrecy.
The successful Railway Strike of 1877 saw membership rise from 100,000 to 700,000 workers in 1886-87.
When were the Haymarket riots?
May 1886
When was the Pullman Strike?
May-June 1894
When was the AFL founded?
October 1896
Which Act’s affected radical Labour magazines in WW1?
Espionage Act and Sedition Act limited freedom of speech during the course of the war.
When was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act passed?
1890
What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act achieve?
It prevent anti-commerce activities from occurring
What did the Meat Inspection Act of 1906?
It created a system of inspection for the meatpacking industry in order to improve working conditions and public health.
When was the Clayton Anti-trust Act passed?
1914
When was the Keating-Owen Act?
1916
What did the Keating-Owen Act achieve?
It sought to prevent child labour of children under the age 14, by prohibiting the sale in interstate commerce of goods produced by factories that employed under 14.
When was the Adamson Act passed?
September 1916
What did the Adamson Act achieve?
The act sets an eight-hour work day and establishes overtime compensation for railroad workers, marking the first time the U.S. government regulates the labor conditions of non-government workers.
Wilson v. New (2017)
The court found that the Adamson Act was constitutional in fixing a minimum wage and maximum hours of railroad workers.
What did the 1924 Immigration Act do?
Set a total immigration quota of 165,000 for countries outside the Western Hemisphere, an 80% reduction from the average before World War I.
New York Central Railroad Co v. White
The Supreme Court upheld laws regarding compulsory compensation, supporting accident insurance laws for workers.
What effects did the Red Scare have on union membership?
Due to manipulation in the press an anti-labor sentiment developed in the country, between 1919-1921 the overall union membership fell from 5.1 million to 3.6 million.
What did the Clayton Anti-trust Act achieve?
Enacted October 15th, 1914. Substantively, the Act seeks to capture anticompetitive practices in their incipiency by prohibiting particular types of conduct, not deemed in the best interest of a competitive market.
What was the number of unemployed people in the US in November 1930?
6,900,000
What was the number of unemployed people in the US in November 1932?
13,500,000
When was the Federal Emergency Relief Administration created?
May 1933
What did the Federal Emergency Relief Administration achieve?
The program aimed to reduce unemployment and was led by Harry Hopkins, between 1933 and December 1935 when it closed it provided $3.1 billion to states and localities, employing 20 million people.
