Labor Question Notes

"The Labor Question"

Knights of Labor

American Federation of Labor

Haymarket

Homestead Lockout 

Pullman Strike

Ludlow Massacre

• American society was obsessed with the labor question during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

• Because organized labor made that answer more difficult, both business and the state did their best to prevent unions from forming.

Jonathan Rees
Associate Professor of History
Colorado State University - Pueblo
2200 Bonforte Boulevard
Pueblo, CO 81001
(719) 549-2541

E-Mail: Jonathan [dot] Rees [at] colostate-pueblo [dot] edu

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