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What were goals of the Knight of Labor?

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What were goals of the Knight of Labor?
Uriah Stephens formed the Knights of Labor in 1869, but the union gained a national following when Terence Powderly assumed leadership. ... They addressed the de-skilling of labor that rendered workers powerless on the job, and they fought against employers' and business owners' hostility towards unions.

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The goal of the Knights of Labor were to fight against Business owners' and employers' hostility towards other unions
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