Various labor unions have been formed throughout the history of the United States; but the Unions really took a stand in the 19th century. Workers were put through brutual conditions and long hours with terrible salary. Workers formed these rebelious groups, or unions, to not only improve working conditions such as health and safety issues, but shorten the average 10-12 hour work day. During the early 1800's many work places were tansistioning into the factory style of work with early machines taking the place of human hands. This transistion made the wealthy richer and the poor struggle more. Many unions were formed for the sake of the every day hard workers who barely made a living pushing through these arduous conditions ; some of these unions include The Knights of Labor formed by Uriah Stephens, American Federation of Labor, and the Committee for Industrial Organization.
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