| Term | Definition |
|---|
| labor union | an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve better working conditions |
| tailor | person whose occupation is to sew and scissor menswear style jackets and the skirts or trousers that go with them |
| cooperative | where a business shares the profits with its employees rather than paying wage for the time they work |
| graduated income tax | an income tax system where taxpayers with higher incomes are taxed at higher rates that those with lower incomes |
| land speculators | people who buy up large amounts of land with the intention of dividing it into smaller plots and selling it for a profit |
| strikes | when a group of employees of a specific business/company refuse to go to work until certain demands are met, usually dealing with wages and/or working conditions |
| boycott | refusal to purchase goods or services from specific companies or countries |
| negotiations | a dialogue to resolve differences between two parties |
| The Knights of Labor | a labor union that began in 1869 in Philadelphia under the leadership of Uriah S. Stephens |
| Differences between KOL and other unions | wanted to unite both skilled and unskilled workers from many trades as well as allowing blacks and women to be members |
| Goals of the KOL | eight -hour work day, the end of child labor, cooperatives rather than wage systems, equal pay for equal work, a graduated income tax, government ownership of the telegraph and railroads, and land policies that favored settlers not land speculators |
| Terrance Powderly | Leader under whom the KOL experienced its greatest growth |
| grand master worker | highest leadership position in the KOL |
| KOL stands for? | Knights of Labor |
| maximum membership in KOL | 700,000 |
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