Labor Movement Dbq

Through the years of 1875 to 1900, there was not much of a difference in successful organized labor, however the strikes and movements that occurred in this time period had a major impact on improvement of the future labor policies that was soon to come. The ideas that formed in these years eventually lead to the development of new and more successful labor movements of years to come.
Labor Unions in America have a history of being unsuccessful.

Members of organized labor and Unions sacrificed much in the strive for higher wages. Workers were paid very poorly and did not make enough money to fully support themselves and their families. For example in modern times, citizens in New York City hold protests to raise hourly wages to a minimum of fifteen dollars an hour. Throughout time Union and labor workers have been paid poorly. Document A clearly shows evidence that although efforts were made, hours and wages were not changing as they should of been. Although the impact to change hour and wages didn't Chanel as much, it does not mean a great deal of effort was not made.

Newspapers often started to label the labor movements as radical. Along with seeing labor movements as radical, many labor movements deemed as socialist by the media. The media believed that labor movements wanted to destroy capitalism. Considering the

In the late 20th century, the Supreme Court, overtime, became conservative on the issue of organized labor. In the Supreme Court case In re Debs, the court ruled in favor that federal government controlled interstate commerce and was obligated to keep the railroads from road blocks and in that specific case, strikes protests. The fact that a good percentage of the American public and the federal government views organized labor negatively. It was not surprising that organized labor did not do much during the late 20th