In the 1800s, American workers had difficult working conditions until they decided to take a stand. Before factories were developed, workers worked on small farms that were not as miserable as factory work. American workers wanted protection and safety in factories. There were men, women and even children working in these dangerous factories. American workers felt they had an advantage, so they took a stand and formed unions. A trade union is an organization of workers who want to fight for their protection and rights. In 1834 the first national labor organization was formed. The National Union is the first national union open to all professions. Those who formed the National Union were the day workers. The workers wanted to limit the harsh working conditions. They wanted higher wages, lower hours and to reduce the struggle of unskilled workers. These reasons or ideas to help unskilled workers are what led to the birth of the National Union. In 1837, panic and depression destroyed the first national union, but it lasted for a few years. After the Civil War, stronger local unions formed. Strong local unions helped their members by providing for them in difficult times. It also “became the means of expressing workers' requests to employers”. Workers' demands are shorter working days; raise wages and improve working conditions. There are also national unions re-emerging in this period. In 1866 the National Labor Union was formed again, but by a different group of people. Labor activists in Baltimore decided to resurface this national labor organization that represented 60,000 members. The National Labor Union once again failed due to the... middle of the paper... workers, but as the company formed and emerged, the workers began to fear. They prefer to have individuals rather than powerful employees. The workers' main fear was that "if they had to pay higher wages and meet other union demands, their costs would increase and they would be less competitive in the market." Then the employees decided to close the unions. Employers establish certain rules to stop unions which were to ban union meetings and no longer allow anyone to participate in them, to get rid of union organizers or in other words fire them, to prevent new employees from joining a union or even from participate in other strikes, so they had to sign a “yellow dog” as a promise, refuse collective bargaining and refuse to see unions as legitimate workers' representatives. Employees wanted an end to unions and that's why they fought.