What issues did labor unions attempt to resolve in the early 1900s? How successful were they at resolving these issues? Why was there such a struggle between business and labor, why was it so difficult for them to come together. Why were strikes so violent? (Not being recognized, the issues they were trying to resolve, etc.) How did labor unions improve the working conditions for American workers?

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19 December, 19:15

What issues did labor unions attempt to resolve in the early 1900s? How successful were they at resolving these issues? Why was there such a struggle between business and labor, why was it so difficult for them to come together. Why were strikes so violent? (Not being recognized, the issues they were trying to resolve, etc.) How did labor unions improve the working conditions for American workers?

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The labor movement in the United States need to protect the common interest of workers. For those in the industrial sector, organized labor unions fought for better and safer working conditions. The labor movement led efforts to stop child labor, give health benefits and provide aid to workers. he early labor movement was, It harbored a conception of the just society, deriving from the Ricardian labor theory of value and from the republican ideals of the American Revolution, social equality, celebrated honest labor, an independent, virtuous citizenship