The Knights of Labor and the Haymarket Riot

the fight for an eight-hour workday

Provides information about labor unions, discussing their formation in the 1800s to ensure better working conditions for workers, and looks at the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, the first national union to help the working class, as well as the riot that erupted in 1886 after a clash between unions and the Chicago police.

Rosen
2004
9780329488444
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