Names:

Pablo Hernandez

Anthony Dyer

Giancarlo Castro

Charles Saquipulla 

Answer the following questions:

1. Describe what was going on at Union Square on September 5, 1882.
   Answer: Leader of the brotherhood of carpenters and joiners stood among 50 or so labor dignitarys on the reviewing stand of union square watching a parade of labor groups and individuals march.
2. How old was Peter McGuire when he started working?
   Answer: Peter McGuire was 15 yrs old when he started working.
3. What apprenticeship skill did he learn?
   Answer: He was a piano maker.
4. What was he doing at Cooper Union?
   Answer: Attending free night classes 
5. List some of the trades unions he helped create:
   • #1 United Brotherhood of carpenters 
   • #2 Central labor union 
   • #3 American Federation or labor 
6. The May Day labor marches he led demanded what law be enforced?
   Answer: The law he demanded to be enforced was the 8hr work day
7. Read the timeline history.  List and describe what your group thinks the three most important events are on that timeline, and summarize each in 1-2 sentences.
   • #1

     Sep 5th, 1882, Peter McGuire stood among fifty or so labor dignitaries. 10,000 marched up from Lower Manhattan to Fifth Avenue part of “monster labor festival” later he hoped it would be celebrated every year.

   • #2

     May 1st, 1886, Carpenters and Joiners Union took the lead in holding a national day of agitation for the 8 hour day. 3 days later, bombing and bloodshed at Hay market Square in the city caused the movement to be blamed for violence.

   • #3

     In 1889 the American Federation of Labor initiated the movement for the establishment of the 8 hour work day, taking one trade at a time.

8. Once again, May and Labor were created during the time when the unions were fighting for what working condition?
   Answer:

   They were created during the times labor unions wanted better pay and better working conditions.