Knights of Labor

American  

noun

1. a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.

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Example Sentences

The Knights of Labor, founded in 1869, became the first mass labor organization, welcoming all “producers”: skilled and unskilled, Black and white, men and women.

From The Wall Street Journal

That was the case in the 1870s and 1880s, when the eight-hour day became the rallying cry for the Knights of Labor, the first truly national industrial labor union.

From Los Angeles Times

Some 10,000 workers marched in a parade organized by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor, according to the Labor Department and Encyclopaedia Britannica.

From Seattle Times

There was the Knights of Labor’s unsuccessful work stoppage two months later, when miners demanded shorter hours and other compensations.

From Seattle Times

Those were some of the goals of the Knights of Labor, a secret society that was essentially the nation’s first labor organization.

From Washington Post