The Labor Movement: Beginnings and Growth in America

Duration: 13

Year Published: 1959

Creator: Coronet Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Foster Rhea Dulles

Description: Highlights the significant developments in labor's organization in the United States from 1873 through the merger of the AFL and CIO. Depicts the role played by Samuel Gompers in the development of American trade unions. Uses still pictures from contemporary publications to illustrate the violence of the railroad strike of 1877, the 1892 Homestead steel strike, and the 1894 Pullman car strike in Chicago. Reviews the tactics used by employees to control labor and traces the organization of the Knights of Labor, the AFL, and the CIO. Indicates some of the highpoints in the development of union strength.

Complete Record: Highlights the significant developments in labor's organization in the United States from 1873 through the merger of the AFL and CIO. Depicts the role played by Samuel Gompers in the development of American trade unions. Uses still pictures from contemporary publications to illustrate the violence of the railroad strike of 1877, the 1892 Homestead steel strike, and the 1894 Pullman car strike in Chicago. Reviews the tactics used by employees to control labor and traces the organization of the Knights of Labor, the AFL, and the CIO. Indicates some of the highpoints in the development of union strength., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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