The purpose of a labor union is to protect its members from unfair business practices, guarantee a safe work environment, insure a fair wage and benifits, like health insurance or vacation days, the right to bargain with the employer (collective bargaining), and provide other benefits to its members like help finding jobs, pensions, job training, etc. The history of labor unions goes back to the guild system in Europe. Members of a guild (a certain profession) tried to protect their guild by controlling who could become a member, a stage of apprenticeship, the cost of the merchandise, and advancement in the guild. A guild was the first attempt of workers organizing according to their own rules rather than the rules of the employer. Guilds were craft unions. Made up of people that made one thing, or did one thing. Trade unions developed in the Industrial Revolution in Europe and the US. The trade unions were created to protect the workers and were not exclusive of any particular kind of worker. The first trade union in the US was the National Labor Union, founded in 1866. It failed and was soon replaced by the Knights of Labor, 1869. The Knights of Labor and the more successful American Federation of Labor (AFL), 1886, concentrated on the key issues of child labor opposition, demand for an eight hour day, and protection of the worker from unsafe working conditions and a decent wage.
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William H. Sylvis was the leader of the National Labor Union.
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The first labor union was the National Labor Union. It was organized in 1866. Another early labor union was the Knights of Labor. This union was secret society when it first began in 1869. The American Federation of Labor was an early labor union that was led by Samuel Gompers and was established in 1886.
Most people think Wilmost Saville made the first labor union, but Micalo Mia Sapua did. He came from Germany, and got a poor job and worked up and got some money and then made the national labor union in the us.
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American Labor Union was created in 1902.
National Labor Union was created in 1866.
International Labor Union was created in 1878.
International Labor Union ended in 1887.
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