WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Allowing women and minorities to join
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Signing up low-wage, unskilled immigrant laborers
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Lobbying Congress to pass laws limited activities of rival unions
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Concentrating on bread and butter issues-higher wages, shorter work day and better working conditions
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Detailed explanation-1: -In a period when the United States was bitterly hostile to labour organizations, he developed the principles of “voluntarism, ” which called for unions to exert coercion by economic actions-that is, through strikes and boycotts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Samuel Gompers (1850 –1924) founded the American Federation of Labor and served as its president for nearly forty years, between 1886 and 1924, and the nation’s leading trade unionist and labor spokesman.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and served as the organization’s president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924. He promoted harmony among the different craft unions that comprised the AFL, trying to minimize jurisdictional battles.
Detailed explanation-4: -The AFL sought tangible economic gains, such as higher wages, shorter hours, and better conditions, in addition to staying out of politics. The AFL strategy involved using strikes to pressure owners to improve work conditions.