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sweatshop

a workplace in which people labor long hours in poor conditions for low pay

union

a confederation of workers

collective bargaining

the right of unions to negotiate with management for workers as a group

strike

work stoppage by a group of workers because of grievance

ILGWU

International Lady Garment Workers Union

strikebreaker

replaces a worker who has gone on strike

AFL

American Federation of Labor

who founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

Samuel Gompers