Labor Unions

info about what your rites are at the workplace

The nation thinks so, because current federal law allows that for unions and corporations.

Miriam-Webster Dictionary cites the year 1866 for the noun: Labor Union

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Unions' main method for achieving their success has been, and continues to be, donating money to political parties an candidates. Currently the teachers' union is the biggest single contributor to the Democratic Party.

A trade union gives a professional businesslike view on current labour dealings with a company. Often an individual is not verbally skilled to do this so management perceives this to be naivete and not important input to decision making for the company where as union officials are professional negotiators

At minimum it at least shows the concern of the people who work under a manager

Weather decisions need to be tightened loosened or the managers ability is put in question will be examined and hopefully an improved outcome is reached

Settling and preventing disputes.

Referring to those who work in place of striking union workers, scabs are unpopular because they interfere with the effectiveness of unions. If people are willing to work without union protection, unions lose their power.

According to Ewing (2005):

Trade unions have a number of functions, some of which have been more prominent than others at different periods in history. But over the course of time trade unions have developed '''five principal functions'''.

These are respectively:

(1) a service function;

(2) a representation function;

(3) a regulatory function;

(4) a government function; and

(5) a public administration function.

Ewing's paper examines these different functions and argues that the balance is shifting, with more emphasis being placed on service, governmental and public administration functions. According to this author, we are witnessing the emergence of a new 'supply side trade unionism' with a corresponding dilution of their representative and regulatory functions

(Ewing, K.D., The Functions of Trade Unions, Industrial Law Journal, 34 (1))

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To ensure a strike is legal, workers typically must follow specific procedures outlined by labor laws. This often includes providing advance notice to the employer and engaging in good faith bargaining prior to striking. Additionally, the strike must be conducted for lawful purposes, such as addressing workplace issues or negotiating terms of employment. Compliance with any union regulations and local labor laws is also essential for the strike to be deemed legal.

Trade Unionism generally developed in the 19C with the Industrial Revolution in Britain, though had a difficult start thanks to industrialists' and agricultural land-owners' fears of the labour force having any say in things. The rapid growth of factory work, and the desperately poor conditions of farm labourers who saw the former as the better option, brought thousands of people from country to town; but the physical and contractual working conditions were often appalling and exploitative, and their housing was of very low standard.

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The employees realised the essential unfairness of their way of life, and banded together to campaign for better pay and conditions, against powerful opposition. (There were notable exceptions, particularly among industrialists who were in the Society of Friends - the Quakers - such as Salter and Cadbury and so who considered treating their staff well, a Christian duty.)

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Other European nations, and the young USA, were developing their own industries too, and trade-unions in these countries followed suit.

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Some cite the 'Tolpuddle Martyrs' as pioneering trade-unionists, but they were not that at all despite modern trades-union leaders and Labour Party members claiming otherwise. They were 6 farm labourers who swore an oath of mutual help, a serious crime then, and it was for that they were charged, convicted and transported to Australia. Although this ideal of mutual support became a leading union ethic, they did not form a union! Nevertheless the case aroused considerable contemporary public sympathy and support for the men, and eventually they were pardoned and brought home.

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I'm not clear what the second question means, thanks to its ambiguous wording. Trades unionism has not sought to control availability of work, but has had convulsive periods, especially in the UK, when uncontrolled strikes, working-to-rule, go-slows, demarcation disputes and general animosity between employer and employee, helped ruin large chunks of their own industries - hardly protecting workers as it set out to do! Nowadays a far more co-operative atmosphere prevails.

labor laws, opposition from corporations, blacklisting of leaders

All of the above. ( Poor working conditions,Long workdays,Low wages)

In 1869, a group of tailors, led by Uriah P. Stephens, formed the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor. They spread their message in secret, organizing workers of different jobs but not getting political. They realized that labor organizers and labor members would be fired by employers, so the Knights remained a secret organization as long as it could. The Knights differed from other unions in that they accepted Blacks and women and unskilled workers. In 1879, Stephens was replaced by Terence V. Powderly, and the Knights became a labor powerhouse.

It was either: A) Job Security <----doubt it! B) Improved Wages and Hours C) Paid Vacations <---doubt it! D) Health Insurance <----doubt it!

• founded in Philadelphia in 1869

• was one of the first national unions

• goals included having an eight-hour workday, improved wages, and an end to child labor

Business owners hired armed guards and several battles were actually fought between workers and hired thugs. (coal miners, etc ) Employers threatened employees with loss of their jobs, their homes (since in many cases the company owned the homes), loss of their ability to work for any other company due to collusion between the companies. The companies tried to keep the union organizers out of their businesses and penalize those workers who talk to their fellow workers about a union. The business owners threaten to hire permanent replacements if they strike or walk out or participate in union organizing activities.

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Federal workers do have a union. They filed a law suit for federal workers not being paid overtime. But the union is voluntary.

The Wagner Act or National Labor Relations Act was part of Franklin Delano's Roosevelt's New Deal Program. It banned employers from interfering with the unionization efforts of their employees, and established the National Labor Relations Board. It was one of the most important legislative acts aimed at the protection of workers.

The trade union bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labor contracts. This may include the negotiation of wages, work rules, complaint procedures, rules governing hiring, firing and promotion of workers, benefits

What "The Knights of Labor" were most interested in is open to interpretation. It depends solely upon what an individual perceives as the true motivation and ultimate goal of the Knights of Labor.

Essentially, it was a National Union.

Factoid** As the organization splintered and fell into obscurity one group formed what is now the AFL-CIO.

The Knights of Labor was more interested in broad reform.