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Most unions organized workers by trade and skill level. The Knights grouped workers by industry, regardless of trade or skill.
With the motto "an injury to one is the concern of all", the Knights of Labor attempted to attain its goals of:
The Knights had a reputation for being all-inclusive. Women, blacks (after 1883), and employers were accepted as members. Bankers, lawyers, gamblers, stockholders, doctors, and liquor manufacturers were excluded. The union dropped its secret status in 1881.
However, the Knights strongly supported the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Contract Labor Law of 1885, as did many other labor groups. The Knights also made little headway toward organizing Irish-Americans due to the secretive Freemason-like beginnings of the organization.
The Knights of Labor grew rapidly after the collapse of the National Labor Union in 1873Events The United Kingdom declares war against Ghana's King Kofi KariKari, who was involved in the trading of slaves. The war ended by July and the British established the Gold Coast Colony. January 17 Indian Wars: First Battle of the Stronghold during th. The Knights aided various strikesStrike has many meanings: A strike is a deliberate absence from work. See strike action. A strike is an unarmed attack with hand, arm or elbow in order to cause harm to an opponent. See strike (attack). Strike is the generic name for a blunt, crushing att and boycottsThis page is about boycott as a form of protest. For other uses of the word boycott see Boycott (disambiguation). A boycott is a refusal to buy, sell, or otherwise trade with an individual or business who is generally believed by the participants in the b, winning the important Union Pacific RailroadThe Union Pacific Railroad is the largest railroad in the United States. Its AAR reporting mark is UP . The railroad is wholly owned by Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) which also owns Overnite Transportation, a fairly major less-than-truckload shippi strike in 1884 and the Wabash Railroad strike in 1885. By 18861886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. January 29 Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. March, the Knights had over 702,000 members.
There was widespread repression of labor unions in the late 1880s. In addition, the Knights were unsuccessful in the Missouri Pacific strike in 1886. Violence among strikers, including the Haymarket Riot, and, intensified disputes between the skilled trade unionists, also known as craft unionists, and the industrial unionists. The Knights lost many craft unionists in 1886 when the American Federation of Labor was founded.
Membership declined with the additional problems of an autocratic structure, mismanagement, and further unsuccessful strikes. By 1890, it had less than 100,000 members. By 1900, it was virtually nonexistent.
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