first important national labour organization in the United States, founded in 1869. Named the Noble Order of the Knights of Labor by its first ... [8 related articles]
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The Knights of Labor was an early American trade union-like order founded in Philadelphia in 1869 by Uriah S Stevens and formally organized in 1871 for the protection of working people and the development of educated labour. It was secret until the name was made public in 1881. By that time nearly all trades were represented. It was governed by a n...
a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.