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  2. Labor history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] In recent decades, an enduring alliance was formed between labor unions and the Democrats, whereas the Republican Party has become hostile to unions and collective bargaining rights. [ 4 ] The history of organized labor has been a specialty of scholars since the 1890s, and has produced a large amount of scholarly literature focused on ...

  3. Labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Americans ages 35 to 54 slightly supported the unions more than governors, with 40% supporting the governors and 43% the unions. Americans 55 and older were tied when asked, with 45% supporting the governors and 45% the unions. Republicans were much more likely to support the governors when asked with 65% supporting the governors and 25% the ...

  4. Timeline of labour issues and events - Wikipedia

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    National Trades' Union formed in New York when the New York General Trades' Union solicited labor organizations from around the country to send delegates to a national convention. [8] This union was the first attempt to create a national labor federation. [6] 1834 (United States) Lowell, Massachusetts Mill Women's Strike. [6] 1834 (United States)

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

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    Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization, 307 U.S. 496 (1939) held to be a violation of the First Amendment for the NJ mayor to shut down trade union CIO meetings because he thought they were "communist" Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, minimum wage and overtime

  6. United States labor law - Wikipedia

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    Nevertheless, unions continued, and the first federation of trade unions was formed in 1834, the National Trades' Union, with the primary aim of a 10-hour working day. [225] In 1842 the Supreme Court of Massachusetts held in Commonwealth v. Hunt that a strike by the Boston Journeymen Bootmakers' Society for higher wages was lawful. [226]

  7. Why thousands of workers in Florida are losing their labor ...

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    Almost all teachers unions were able to stay intact under the 50% threshold, with the exception of Jefferson County, whose union was decertified and dissolved amid a state takeover of its public ...

  8. International Brotherhood of Teamsters - Wikipedia

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    The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union, [2] the union now represents a diverse membership of blue- and white-collar workers in both the public and private sectors, totalling about 1.3 million members in 2015. [1]

  9. Florida is anything but ‘free’ as it works to cripple ...

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    Their end goal is to manipulate and mislead union members to ensure unions don’t get the required 60% threshold for membership. All this in the midst of a teacher shortage crisis where Florida ...