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Labor history of the United States

The nature and power of organized labor in the United States is the outcome of historical tensions among counter-acting forces involving workplace rights, wages, working hours, political expression, labor laws, and other working conditions. Organized unions and their umbrella labor federations such as the AFL–CIO and citywide federations have competed…

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Organized labor prior to 1900

Organized labor, 1900–1920

Weakness of organized labor, 1920–1929

Organized labor, 1929–1955

Union decline, 1955–2016

Rise in union activity (2016–present)

Public-sector unions

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Labor history of the United States

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Labor history of the United States

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Labor history of the United States → Labor, Media, United States, Wikimedia CommonsLabor History Links, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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labor unions workers union american women united new strike afl strikes states history cio wages members war 000 act organized

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the AFLinstance ofOrganized unions and their umbrella labor federations0.80text
the Knights of Labor in the 1880sinstance ofand fought off more radical rivals0.80text
the American Railroad Union in the 1890sinstance ofand fought off more radical rivals0.80text
the Industrial Workers of the World sent aid to the minersinstance ofsocialist organizations0.80text
giving it national coverage.The Norrisinstance ofsocialist organizations0.80text
US Steelinstance ofthose held by the steel producers0.80text
patriotisminstance ofencouraged by factors0.80text
the chance for high wagesinstance ofencouraged by factors0.80text
African American women who had already been participating more fully experienced less changeinstance ofdemographics0.80text
Taft-Hartleyinstance ofWhat ordinarily mattered most in labor relations was not government laws0.80text
but the relative power of unionsinstance ofWhat ordinarily mattered most in labor relations was not government laws0.80text
management in the economic marketplaceinstance ofWhat ordinarily mattered most in labor relations was not government laws0.80text

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