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The American Federation of Labor union label, c. 1900 Samuel Gompers in 1894; he was the AFL leader 1886–1924. The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions began in 1881 under the leadership of Samuel Gompers. Like the National Labor Union, it was a federation of different unions and did not directly enroll workers. Its original goals ...
American Labor Union founded. [20] 1898 (United States) Marlboro, Massachusetts, Shoe Workers' Strike began. [20] Miner extracting ore from Bunker Hill mine 1899 (United States) Miners in Idaho dynamite a mill in retaliation for the Bunker Hill Mining Company firing 17 union members. [25] 1899 (United States) Brotherhood of Teamsters founded. [25]
Teddy Roosevelt, the Bull Moose, led American progressives in the early 20th century. 1906 – San Francisco earthquake; 1907 – Oklahoma becomes a state; 1907 – Gentlemen's Agreement; 1907 – Coal mine explodes in Monongah, West Virginia, killing at least 361. Worst industrial accident in American history. 1908 – Ford Model T appears on ...
Overall, US employers spend more than $400 million per year on union-avoidance consultants to help them prevent employees from forming unions. [61] As of July 2024, by state law, workers are allowed to voluntarily leave anti-union meetings without employer retaliation in Illinois, Washington State, Oregon, Minnesota, Maine, Connecticut, and New ...
May 23 – Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Second Battle of Fort Wagner (July 18, 1863). While he is the 21st African American recipient of the medal, the action for which he is honored pre-dates all other African American recipients.
He envisioned a future of unbounded plenty and the imminent end of poverty in America. A year after his election, the stock market crashed, and the nation's economy slipped downward into the Great Depression. [47] After the crash, Hoover attempted to put in place many efforts to restore the economy, especially the fast-sinking agricultural sector.
The Era of Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of Modern America, 1900–1912. survey by leading scholar; Pease, Otis, ed. The Progressive Years: The Spirit and Achievement of American Reform (1962), primary documents; Thelen, David P. "Social Tensions and the Origins of Progressivism," Journal of American History 56 (1969), 323–341 in JSTOR
1900 567,719 1900 Anthracite coal strike; St. Louis streetcar strike of 1900; 1901 563,843 U.S. Steel recognition strike of 1901; 1902 691,507 Anthracite coal strike of 1902; 1903 787,834 Oxnard strike of 1903; Carbon County Strike; Pacific Electric Railway strike of 1903; 1904 573,815 1905 [3] 302,434 1905 Chicago teamsters' strike; 1906 Not ...