One of the key goals of the Knights of Labor, as indicated in the excerpt, was the protection of workers' rights and securing fair wages. The preamble emphasizes the need for workers to enjoy the wealth they create and to have sufficient leisure to develop their potential, reflecting a focus on workers' rights and fair compensation.
Based on the following excerpt from the 1886 preamble to the Knights of Labor Constitution, what was
one of the key goals of the organization?
"The alarming development and aggressiveness of great capitalists and corporations, unless checked,
will inevitably lead to the hopeless degradation of the toiling masses... We declare it to be our purpose
to secure to the workers of our country the full enjoyment of the wealth they create, sufficient leisure in
which to develop their intellectual, moral and social faculties, all of the benefits, recreations and
pleasures of association, in a word, to enable them to share in the gains and honors of advancing
civilization."
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Establishment of a national minimum wage
Redistribution of wealth through government programs
Protection of workers' rights and securing fair wages
Abolishment of child labor only in factories
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