Labor Unions

The minimum wage for women was abolished.

"The supreme governing body of the national union is the convention" Cite --> The Labor Relations ProcessBy William H. Holley, Kenneth M. Jennings, Roger S. Wolters

When slave labor decreased in the Upper south, diversification of agriculture was accompanied by a more rapid rate of urban and industrial development. This resulted in Virginia, Maryland, and Kentucky residents divided on the decision of the Deep South's plantation economy or industrializing the free labor system in the Upper South. In the ideal "free labor" system, working for wages was seen as only a temporary step towards owning one's own workshop or farm. Economic growth seemed to offer everyone a chance to become his own boss. This "republican" vision of a community of productive, independent families inspired many Americans, especially in the North and the growing Midwest. During the Civil War, farmers, workers and businessmen united to protect the "free labor" system against the threat posed by slavery. This free labor coalition built the Republican party and filled the ranks of the Union Army.

A "Trade Union" is a term used to describe a union that covers all the workers in one industry.

A trade union.

Unions provide workers with collective bargaining power. The alternative is to cross ones fingers and hope that companies and corporations will be nice, play fair, and give raises when the cost of living goes up because "it's the right thing to do". I think anyone who's been an employee knows the likelihood of that happening.

Sometimes unions do go too far when they shutdown essential services too long. But thanks to unions, most of us enjoy a 40 hour week (the norm before unions was 50 to 70 hours). As unions shrink so too does the benefits employers "give" to their workers. To find a job with a pension and health benefits is difficult and the unions are being slowly driven out of existence by corporations and government. Neither one of the above has any interest at all in having workers that have the power to strike, or to engage in collective bargaining. The interest of the people who are already rich and/or powerful (gov/corps) interest is in funnelling more money into the pockets of the CEO's and stock holders and out of the hands of workers. Anti-union stories in the media, which corporations and the government control, are all about convincing the average (non union) American worker that unions are bad, destructive and evil and so they use resentment to turn the average person against the unions also. By and large, it is working, which is unfortunate because most of what the media says about unions is patently FALSE. So as the American unions go, so does the American worker.

Sarah Bagley urged textile mill co-workers to form a union. She and others met one day after work to discuss the harsh working conditions and the long hours in 1844, Lowell, Massachusetts.

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setting prices for products

Members are often provided a range of benefits to insure members against unemployment, ill health, old age and funeral expenses.

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They were not FORCED to. A fraction of US workers did so voluntarily after it became legal. Most US workers have never been in unions.

labor unions had the power to sway elections

The National Labor Reltions Act specifies that some workers have the right to join or form unions or to refrain from doing so. No one can be compelled to join a union or support its aims, only to pay dues.

To protect and promote workers rights

Since workers had no statutory rights at the time, that phrase makes no sense.

Unions attempted to give members a voice in decisions about pay and work conditions.

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IF they are not supervisors, and ...

IF they have interests and career paths in common ... then they can distribute "show of interest cards" for folks to sign. If more than 30% of the folks in the group of common interests (potential bargaining unit) ask for representation, then the employer CAN recognize a union or demand that NLRB supervise a secret ballot election.

If the election results in MORE that 50% of those who vote saying "union yes" then EVERYONE in the unit is represented by the union. If 50% or less vote union yes, the union loses, and there can be no election for that unit for another year.

If the group / unit is 100 employees, and only 60 show up to vote, if 31 vote union yes, then all 100 are in a union. Not 31, not 60, all 100.

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Was the first federation of labor unions in the United States. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association and led by Samuel Gompers; an alliance of skilled workers in craft unions; concentrated on bread-and-butter issues such as higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions.

Black Canadian porters were associated with the "Sleeping Car Porters" union.

Randolph. A. Phillip Randolph, but it was in 1925, not during World War 2.

North Carolina and Georgia

Because in the USA such unions were still considered illegal conspiracies against employers.

In 1935, the Natl Labor Relations Act made unions lawful in private business. SInce Congress has no power over state employment, only STATE law can allow state and local employees to unionize and negotiate contracts. States have extended and cancelled bargaining privileges - there are no "rights".

Many were out of work so they went on strikes and this time it was much effective because now everyione wanted job