Knights of Labor

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The Knights of Labor was one of the first major national labor organizations in the United States, active in the late 19th century and known for organizing workers across trades to advocate for broad social and economic reforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf labor organization ⓘ
mass membership organization ⓘ
trade union ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved, abolished or demolished date 1949 ⓘ
field of work labor rights ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
trade unionism ⓘ
founder Philadelphia garment cutters ⓘ
Uriah Smith Stephens ⓘ
goal 8-hour workday ⓘ
broad social and economic reform ⓘ
cooperative commonwealth ⓘ
end to child labor ⓘ
equal pay for equal work ⓘ
graduated income tax ⓘ
land reform ⓘ
regulation of monopolies ⓘ
headquarters location Philadelphia ⓘ
historical period late 19th century ⓘ
ideology producerism ⓘ
reformist labor politics ⓘ
inception 1869 ⓘ
leader term end 1893 ⓘ
leader term start 1879 ⓘ
membership policy accepted Black workers ⓘ
accepted skilled workers ⓘ
accepted unskilled workers ⓘ
accepted women ⓘ
excluded bankers ⓘ
excluded lawyers ⓘ
excluded liquor dealers ⓘ
excluded professional gamblers ⓘ
motto An injury to one is the concern of all ⓘ
notable leader Terence V. Powderly ⓘ
opposed to Chinese immigration ⓘ
convict labor ⓘ
wage slavery ⓘ
organizational structure federation of local assemblies ⓘ
peak membership over 700000 ⓘ
peak membership year 1886 ⓘ
position held by leader Grand Master Workman ⓘ
publication Journal of United Labor ⓘ
replaced by American Federation of Labor ⓘ
significant event Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 ⓘ
Haymarket affair ⓘ
supported cooperative enterprises ⓘ
labor education ⓘ
political reform ⓘ

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Albert Parsons → affiliation → Knights of Labor ⓘ
Chicago anarchist movement → notableOrganization → Central Labor Union of Chicago ⓘ
linked to: Knights of Labor
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones → employer → Knights of Labor ⓘ
People's Party → originatedFrom → Knights of Labor ⓘ
Grand Master Workman → partOf → Knights of Labor ⓘ
Grand Master Workman → hasJurisdictionOver → Knights of Labor ⓘ
Grand Master Workman → associatedWithMovement → Knights of Labor movement ⓘ
linked to: Knights of Labor
Grand Master Workman → governsBody → General Assembly of the Knights of Labor ⓘ
linked to: Knights of Labor
Journal of United Labor → officialOrganOf → Knights of Labor ⓘ
Journal of United Labor → publisher → Knights of Labor ⓘ
Journal of United Labor → associatedWithOrganization → Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor ⓘ
linked to: Knights of Labor
Terence V. Powderly → memberOf → Knights of Labor ⓘ
Uriah Smith Stephens → coFounded → Knights of Labor ⓘ
Uriah Smith Stephens → memberOf → Knights of Labor ⓘ