Politics of Labor
1886 witnessed the height of a period of violent industrial strife in North America. In that year the eight-hour day movement culminated in Chicago''s notorious Haymarket Riot. Both the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada and the American Federation of Labor became firmly established and held their first annual meetings; the Knights of Labor were at their peak. Unemployment, working dislocation, a...
1886 witnessed the height of a period of violent industrial strife in North America. In that year the eight-hour day movement culminated in Chicago''s notorious Haymarket Riot. Both the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada and the American Federation of Labor became firmly established and held their first annual meetings; the Knights of Labor were at their peak. Unemployment, working dislocation, a...
