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What was the purpose of the knights of labor??

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Among the goals of the Knights of Labor were to standardize the 8-hour workday, end child labor, terminate convict contract labor, have equal pay for equal work, have equal pay for men and women and have compensation for job-related injuries. The Knights of Labor also sought better factory working conditions and a graduated income tax

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Answer: They were a union who wanted to educate the situation of labor.

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At the end of the 19th century, the Knights of Labor was a labor federation that advocated improving the situation of workers, that fought for an eight-hour workday and encouraged the ethics of the Republican producers.

They acted like a union at times, representing workers, but those activities were not fully organized.

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