apr 2, 1800 - Organized Labor

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- Rise of middle class and wealthy factory owners
- The first U.S. labor party succeeded in electing a few members of the city council
- Commonwealth v. Hunt ruled that “peaceful unions” had the right to negotiate labor contracts with employers
- Some state legislatures in the North passed laws establishing a ten-hour workday
- 1) periodic depressions 2) employers and courts that have hostile to unions, and 3) an abundant supply of low-wage immigrant labor

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