National Labor Organizations In The 19th Century

During the late nineteenth century there there were various efforts put forth to create national labor organizations. Most lives improved but at the cost of dangerous working conditions and being controlled with everything that the workers went to do. There was a tremendous amount of foreigners who lost their jobs because machines in factories took their place. Due to the fact of the factory jobs being much easier, women and children were hired to do a man's job. People were mistreated and were given unfair pay. The workers began to fight back against such conditions by creating national unions. To me, the most successful national labor organization was the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Lots of things may have not went their way and a