it was to protect the rights of the workers in factories so they have the right to protest, get compensated if they get injured working, etc.
To speak with one voice.
Progressives were interested in establishing a more transparent and accountable government which would work to improve U.S. society. These reformers favored such policies as civil service reform, food safety laws, and increased political rights for women and U.S. workers.
The original goal of the union was to preserve the union at all cost.
The government was willing to use force to end strikes
All of the above.
lack of windows
secret ballots
Private security was hired to protect strikebreakers during the 1892 Homestead strike.
many people worked all the time and made barely enough to survive
Organizing through local chapters
The political goal of farmers was lower prices for grain storage.
Andrew Carnegie
Because all three major candidates were Progressive, Progressive votes were split.
Cash crops could be ruined by a single disease.