This is Part Three of six segments comprising an overview of labor union history in the United States. Covering the first three decades of the twentieth century, this segment examines how the Progressive Era changed America and how the labor movement fared during this period. (Length 16:54)
Topics include:
The Muckrakers
Progressive Legislation
The Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The International Workers of the World
The Lawrence Textile Strike
The Ludlow Massacre
The exposure of child labor abuses
The impact of WWI on labor
Matawan and the Battle of Blair Mountain
The "Roaring 20s" and the decline of union membership
