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Workers, primarily craftsmen, had formed local associationssince colonial times, but as wage labor became the way by whichmost working people earned incomes at the time of the IndustrialRevolution, it became obvious that national unions were necessaryto earn higher wages and improve workingconditions. The Knights of Labor (KOL), the AmericanFederation of Labor (AFL), and the Industrial Workers of the World(IWW) were the most important national labor unions during the late19th and early 20th century.
For your assignment, I want you to make a chart or slidepresentation that compares the three major unions discussed above.Since two of the unions are still active today, I want you to focusyour research between 1866-1920. Here are the points of comparisonyou will need for each union:
Once you finish comparing the unions answer the followingquestion:
Depending on your race/gender/skill level, which union wouldyou be willing (or allowed) to join if you were living during thisperiod in American History. Make sure to explain.