The Labor Relations Class. Paper on the Knights Of Labor
Instructions
Term Paper on the Knight of Labor based on the 3 questions below on a Labor Relations class. I’ve added the possible references provided to me, but the writer can disregard them.
1.What factors led to the formation and rise of the Knights of Labor?
2.How did it differ from previous union confederations?
3.How well did it achieve its objectives?
Possible references:
Nicholson, P.Y. (2004). Labor’s story in the United States. Philadelphia : Temple University Press.
McLaurin, M. A. (1978). The Knights of Labor in the South. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Phelan, G. (2000). Grand master workman: Terence Powderly and the Knights of Labor. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Rayback, J. G. (1966). A History of American Labor, second edition. NY: Free Press.