Oath of the Knights of Labor
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Oath of the Knights of Labor
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Abstract
I, do truly and solemnly swear, (or affirm) that I will never reveal, by word, act, art, or implication, positive or negative, to any person or persons whatsoever the name or object of this Order, the name, or person of any one a member thereof, its signs, mysteries, arts, privileges or benefits: now or hereafter, given to, or conferred on me, any words spoken, acts done, or objects intended; except in a legal, and authorized manner, or by special permission of the Order granted to me.
Contents
- The U.S. Labor Movement: Historical Overview
- Worker Testimony: Commonwealth v. Pullis
- Frances Wright: “The People at War”
- Commonwealth v. Hunt
- W. Chase: “Causes of Failure”
- “A Week in the Mill”
- Oath of the Knights of Labor
- Terence Powderly: “The Plea for Eight Hours”
- Samuel Gompers: “What Does Labor Want?”
- Eugene V. Debs: “Industrial Peace”
- Mother Jones: Speech to the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)
- The U.S. Oil Industry: Historical Overview
- William “Big Bill” Haywood: Speech to the Founding Convention of the Industrial Workers of the World
- Clara Lemlich: Speech Instigating the Uprising of the 20,000
- Mother Jones: Speech to Striking Coal Miners
- Pearl Jolly: Testimony about the Ludlow Massacre
- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn: “Sabotage: The Conscious Withdrawal of Worker Efficiency”
- National Labor Relations Act
- John L. Lewis, “Labor and the Nation”
- Walter Reuther: National Hour Radio Address on Inflation
- Taft-Hartley Act
- Landrum-Griffin Act
- John F. Kennedy: Executive Order 10988: Employee-Management Cooperation in the Federal Service
- George Meany: Congressional Testimony in Favor of Civil Rights Bill
- Ronald Reagan: “Remarks on the Air Traffic Controllers Strike”
- Economic Policy Institute: “NAFTA at Seven”
- Richard Trumka: Speech at the Democratic National Convention
- Starbucks Workers United: “Our Fight”
- Amazon Labor Union: “Our Core Principles”