Labor Leaders

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Labor Leaders

• Of the late 19th century

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Mother Jones

• Born in Ireland 1830
• Died 1930 stopped working as labor organizer in
  1922
• The Miners Angel
• First involved with KOL
• Organizer for United Mine Workers in 1890
• Arrested jailed repeatedly
• One of most feared women in America by Mine Owners

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Eugene V. Debs

• 1855-1926
• 1893 organized first industrial union in US
  American Railway Union (ARU)
• 1894 struck Great Northern
• 1894 Pullman boycott
• Ran as candidate on Socialist Party ticket for
  pres. 5 times, once from jail cell

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IWW

• Industrial Workers of the World
• Founded Chicago 1905
• All workers should unite together, regardless of
  job, skill, etc.
• Wobblies
• Political action as well as direct action

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Clayton Act

• 1914
• Granted workers the right to organize without
  violating Sherman Anti-Trust
• Limited use of injunctions against unions
• Called the Magna Carta of American labor
  movement