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6 pages in length. The reason why labor unions failed to greatly improve the lives and working conditions of American workers between 1860 and 1930 can be traced back to the Noble Knights of Labor who, while espousing the overwhelming need for worker representation, failed to maintain a dignified and antiviolent approach to fair labor. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Noble Knights of Labor who, while espousing the overwhelming need for worker representation, failed to maintain a dignified and antiviolent approach to fair labor.
When labor unions first appeared in the latter part of the nineteenth century, they quickly became a permanent characteristic of the social environment. Most everything concerned with this
new support for better working conditions and wages was met with great approval, effectively allowing the labor representatives to firmly establish their presence. In the mid eighteen hundreds, the
American work ethic was chaotic and in dire need of reorganization. Compared to the likes of France and Britain, where there was an exemplary occupational organization, Americans were hardly
an exceptional working class. Enter the Noble Order of the Knights of Labor, brought together as an outward attempt to assemble some semblance of organized labor for the overwrought
American worker. The primary goals of the labor organization that formed in 1869 were to acquire higher wages, shorter working days (maximum eight
hours) and better working conditions (Anonymous, 2002). It also set out to rid the labor force of child and convict workers. The movement opened doors for women and
African Americans that had up until then been shut tight. In short, the Knights of Labor bravely stepped in to change the way the American worker was treated and
would be a strong force with which to be reckoned. Frederick P. Bagley, an advocate of comprehensive employer organization, remarked in 1900 the need for such labor representation:
"In the past...what had the employers to show in the way of organization to adjust labor questions? Nothing that could be mentioned without a blush. Small, local, decentralized,
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