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The National Labor Union
In 1866, The National Labor Union was founded.The struggle for the right to unionize was a remarkable event in the history of the United States labor movement. This is a remarkable event because it was one of the first organization to try to improve workers lives. -
American Labor Union
In this time period both the knights of labor and the national trade uunions joined. The new federation denied labor reform any further role in the struggles of american workers. -
Whites-only International Association
in 1895, the trade union, unable to launch an interracial machinists' union of its own, the Federation reversed an earlier decision and formed the whites-only International Association of Machinists. Taking on a racist side. -
Segregation
Jim Crow LawsIn 1902, blacks made up 3% of total membership, most of them segregated by the Jim Crow Laws. Women and eastern European immigrants, a similar devolution occurred. They theoretically were treated equal to whites but were still ssegregated. -
Labors Bil of Grievances
The origins of labor movementin 1906 Labor workers started to raise and to speak their voices to bring to attention the injustices that were ocurring. -
Textile workers
Child LaborThe workplace began changing as machines became common and the demand for workers brought new groups into the workforce, including children , immigrants, and woman. By 1920, 13 percent of all textile workers were younger than 16 years old, and nearly 20 percent of all manufacturing workers were women, Many children had to work in dangerous and hasrh conditions with low wages. Childrens were stripped of their liberty and forced to work. -
The Great Depression.
The Great DepressionIt took the Great Depression to knock the labor movement off dead center. The great depression disrrutpted the labor reform and impacted the entire world. -
Comitee of Industrial Organization
In 1938 the Comitee of Industrial Organization was established. By the end of World War II, more than 12 million workers belonged to unions, and collective bargaining had taken hold throughout the industrial economy. -
Fair Treatement
Between 1945 and 1970, collective bargain began gaining for union workers an unprecedented measure of security against old age, illness, and unemployment, and, through contractual protections, greatly strengthening their right to fair treatment at the workplace. But still this was just a step in the reform process. -
The End of Labor Unions
History of Labor Day In the 1980s, the union movement became a diminished economic and political force, and, in the Age of Reagan, this made for a less socially just nation. The end of labor union influence and strenght began to dissapear.