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  2. Labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The percentage of workers belonging to a union (or "density") in the United States peaked in 1954 at almost 35% and the total number of union members peaked in 1979 at an estimated 21.0 million. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Membership has declined since, with private sector union membership beginning a steady decline that continues into the 2010s, but the ...

  3. Labor history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2009, the US membership of public sector unions surpassed membership of private sector unions for the first time, at 7.9 million and 7.4 million respectively. [ 242 ] In 2011, states faced a growing fiscal crisis and the Republicans had made major gains in the 2010 elections .

  4. List of labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Unions exist to represent the interests of workers, who form the membership. Under US labor law, the National Labor Relations Act 1935 is the primary statute which gives US unions rights. The rights of members are governed by the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act 1959. List Below

  5. Public-sector trade unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Historian Joseph Slater, says, "Unfortunately for public sector unions, the most searing and enduring image of their history in the first half of the twentieth century was the Boston police strike. The strike was routinely cited by courts and officials through the end of the 1940s."

  6. List of striking United States workers by year - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the history of labor in the United States, many workers have gone on strike.The Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the predecessor organizations it cites, have kept track of the number of striking workers per year since 1881.

  7. Timeline of labour issues and events - Wikipedia

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    1893 (United States) Unions helped win the passage of the Safety Appliance Act. Among other things, the Act outlawed the "old man-killer link and pin coupler" by railroads. 1894 (United Kingdom) History of Trade Unionism, the influential book by Sidney and Beatrice Webb is first published. 1894 (United States) Coxey's Army marched on Washington ...

  8. 30 Most Powerful Unions in America - AOL

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    1. National Education Association of the United States (NEA) Total membership: 3,002,516 Description: Public school employees including but not limited to teachers, education support professionals ...

  9. History of labor law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Bunting v. Oregon, 243 U.S. 426 (1917) in a change of policy, the US Supreme Court held the 10-hour working day was constitutional; Debs v. United States, 249 U.S. 211 (1919) after Eugene Debs protested World War I publicly he was arrested under the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Supreme Court held this was lawful. Debs won a large number of ...