unions had no success

unions had no success in improving the economic and social position of U.S workers during the 1871-1900 time period for multiple reasons. first off, they were already low class people, so most citizens looked down upon the workers. the workers image wasn't helped when they started to go on strike because their employers were cutting wages and not giving them less work hours. so this caused the "normal" citizens to fear them. also, these constant strikes didn't help the workers economically because the employers would just hire scab workers to do the work for low wages and no complaints. because of the scab workers, the point of the strike becomes ineffective and the company still makes money while the workers don't. so, because of the unions constant striking, the workers are made to look like savages which doesn't help them socially, and scab workers negate the effectiveness of the strike by making the workers lose money and the companies still gain money which didn't help the union workers economically