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The first was a demand for union recognition from management, and asking "for a conference with the employers to adjust wages, hours, and working conditions in the copper district of Michigan." The membership also voted to "declare a strike" if management refused to "grant a conference or concessions."
The Italian Hall disaster (sometimes referred to as the 1913 Massacre) was a tragedy that occurred on Wednesday, December 24, 1913, in Calumet, Michigan, United States.. Seventy-three people – mostly striking mine workers and their families – were crushed to death in a stampede when someone falsely shouted "fire" at a crowded Christmas
The Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA, stylized as LiUNA! ), often shortened to just the Laborers' Union , is an American and Canadian labor union formed in 1903. As of 2017, they had about 500,000 members, [ 3 ] about 80,000 of whom are in Canada .
Claims that Enbridge's Line 5 or tunnel replacement in the Straits of Mackinac, writes a representative of the Michigan Laborers, are fearmongering.
Michigan's Lt. Gov. and Macomb County's GOP chair told BI high prices and trust are top of mind for the state's workers. Michigan's election fate will depend on laborers. A Democrat and Republican ...
As a result of the spate of convictions against combinations of laborers, the typical narrative of early American labor law states that, prior to Hunt in Massachusetts in 1842, peaceable combinations of workingmen to raise wages, shorten hours or ensure employment, were illegal in the United States, as they had been under English common law. [12]
Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) 1903 669,772 Miscellaneous construction workers; other trades. 2022: LIUNA: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) 1888 653,781 Aircraft manufacturing workers; aircraft maintenance and repair workers. 2017: IAM: Communications Workers of America (CWA) 1947 545,638
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