From 1870 to 1900, a time period consumed with rapid economic growth along with much social conflict, called the Gilded Age triumphed over America. New innovations, including the typewriter, telephone, and electric lights, made manufacturing processes more speedy and efficient. With this came increased demand for workers who would too often suffer under poor working conditions and low wages. In attempt to better these work settings, some brave workers would band together in an attempt to form a labor union. Labor unions are groups of workers fighting for the best possible working conditions and most fair wages. Although the motivation for labor unions was strong in some circumstances, the earliest unions of the Gilded Age as a whole proved
