GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Why did most worker unions organize in the 19th century?
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to elect officials friendly to labor
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to end difficult and strenuous work for everyone
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to improve pay and working conditions
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to return society to a more rural existence
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Labor unions were created in order to help the workers with work-related difficulties such as low pay, unsafe or unsanitary working conditions, long hours, and other situations. Workers often had problems with their bosses as a result of membership in the unions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Their goals were to have better hours, pay and working conditions. How were the Knights of Labor and American Federation of Labor similar and different? Knights of Labor were members were skilled and unskilled workers, rallied for shorter work days, equal pay for men and women, and to end child labor.
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