strikebreakers
strikebreakers
open shop
LAbor unions were never popular ... not with workers (most of whom voted NOT to be in unions) nor with managers.
Union organizers were often socialists and anarchists. This worried the public they would try to achieve the goals of such philosophies
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Most Labor Unions are a formal group of workers.
Labor unions were the groups that were most affected by the Red Scare. Some American businesses used the Red Scare as a method to demonize labor unions, claiming they were all communists. As a result, the unions, who had become very strong, lost over a million members. In actuality, communist membership in labor unions was very small, and mainly within the unions within the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Labor unions were the groups that were most affected by the Red Scare. Some American businesses used the Red Scare as a method to demonize labor unions, claiming they were all communists. As a result, the unions, who had become very strong, lost over a million members. In actuality, communist membership in labor unions was very small, and mainly within the unions within the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
yes
Taft-Harley Act A+
No, they don't have to, but most choose to.
the Knights of Labor became a national labor organization in the 1880's. Unlike most union's Knights recruited people who had been kept out of trade unions including women, African Americans, immigrants, and unskilled laborers.