when i said they got legal rights
1930's grad-point
Some of the actions taken by labor unions to gain workers' rights included working with lawmakers and Congress to enact laws that benefited workers' rights and to repeal laws that were used to weaken workers' rights. The unions also met with management to try to improve conditions for the workers and used strikes to put pressure on management to negotiate fairly. The labor unions also encouraged the workers to join together, even though they were from different countries and backgrounds and spoke different languages. The unions also used walkouts and boycotts to gain public support and help the public to understand that the workers needed to organize, bargain, and even strike to gain workers' rights. all of the above-apex
To gain respect and job security in the workplace
1930s
Labor leaders organize unions to bring together workers to negotiate collectively. Local unions organize into larger unions to gain strength through numbers.
To gain better working conditions and labor rights
labor unions had the power to sway elections
helped workers get unemployment insurance... then changed to farmer.
The CIO formed during this time. Labor unions had more legal rights. Unskilled workers joined unions. this answer is under the question "Which of the following contributed to unions growing more powerful in the 1930s?" The National Labor Relations Act (APEX)
Workers refusal to work in order to gain money and benefits is called an economic strike. Economic strikers can be permanently replaced.
the union, went on strike
a lot of stuff Labor unions did not gain to close footing to being agreed to their purposes by the Government at that time, meaning that they still had to work in unfair labor.
The Knights of Labor hoped it could gain improvements for workers primarily through Arbitration.