Organized labor

Organized labor, during the period from 1875 to 1900, was not as successful in improving the position of workers as one was hoping it would be. There are many results that arose from these organized labor attempts that prove how unsuccessful they actually were. These results include the collapse of many labor unions such as, NLU, Knights of Labor, and ARU, the failure of many strikes such as, the Great Railroad Strike, the Haymarket Riot, and the …

…the use of Pinkerton detectives. These were spies and protected strikebreakers sent out by the company to uncover newly coming rebellions by workers. Whatever the tactics, whatever the results, organized labor was a failure. Unions collapsed, strikes failed, and management did everything in their power to stop the working class from rising. Most of the attempts and actions made were failures from the start, and those that showed any promise turned out to be even.