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  2. Dispatched labor - Wikipedia

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    In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Belgium, France, UK, the Netherlands, Norway and America already had the service of labor dispatching, and most well-established dispatched work agencies were founded at during this period. In Japan, labor dispatching emerged in 1965.

  3. Timeline of labour issues and events - Wikipedia

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    Stephens (1821 - 1882) was a U.S. labor leader. He led nine Philadelphia garment workers to found the Knights of Labor in 1869, a more successful early national union. 1869 (United States) Uriah Smith Stephens organized a new union known as the Knights of Labor. [18] 1869 (United States) Collar Laundry Union Strike in Troy, New York. [18]

  4. Labor history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1950s, as the AFL and CIO merged, around a third of the American labor force was unionized; by 2012, the proportion was 11 percent, constituting roughly 5 percent in the private sector and 40 percent in the public sector. Organized labor's influence steadily waned and workers' collective voice in the political process has weakened.

  5. Communist Party USA and American labor movement (1919–1937)

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    The Communist Party USA and its allies played an important role in the United States labor movement, particularly in the 1930s and 1940s, but wasn't successful either in bringing the labor movement around to its agenda of fighting for socialism and full workers' control over industry, or in converting their influence in any particular union ...

  6. Minneapolis general strike of 1934 - Wikipedia

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    The party was later driven out of that local by prosecutions under the Smith Act and a trusteeship imposed by Tobin in the early 1940s. More importantly, the strike launched the career of Farrell Dobbs, who played a significant role in the organization of over-the-road drivers throughout the Midwest. Those efforts led in turn to the ...

  7. Communist Party USA and American labor movement (1937–1950)

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    The Communist Party (CP) and its allies played a role in the United States labor movement, particularly in the 1930s and 1940s, but largely wasn't successful either in bringing the labor movement around to its agenda or in converting their influence in any particular union into membership gains for the Party.

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

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    In 1915, the Bureau of Labor Statistics had formed a more systemized set of data collection. Data on the number of workers involved remained a rough estimate but more consistent. [ 5 ] : 195, (203 in pdf) The data however also included strikes with fewer than six workers involved, likely leading to slightly higher worker estimates.