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The American Labor Union (ALU) was a radical labor organization launched as the Western Labor Union (WLU) in 1898. The organization was established by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) in an effort to build a federation of trade unions in the aftermath of the failed Leadville Miners' Strike of 1896. The group changed its name from WLU to ...
Joseph Glazer (June 19, 1918 – September 19, 2006) was an American folk musician who recorded more than thirty albums over the course of his career. He was closely associated with labor unions and often referred to as "labor's troubadour".
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
He was elected as national secretary-treasurer of the union in 2018, and then as president in 2020. He was also elected as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO. In 2022, he won the AFL-CIO's Eyes on the Prize Award, and also the Alabama AFL-CIO's Labor Person of the Year Award. [1] [2]
Albert John Hayes (February 14, 1900 – August 20, 1981) was an American labor union leader. Born in Milwaukee, Hayes completed an apprenticeship as a machinist in the railroad shops. In 1917, he joined the International Association of Machinists. He rose to become president of his union local, then in 1934 began working full-time as a ...
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is an American labor union representing over 750,000 employees of the federal government, about 5,000 employees of the District of Columbia, and a few hundred private sector employees, mostly in and around federal facilities.
Laslett, John H. M. Labor and the Left: A Study of Socialist and Radical Influences in the American Labor Movement, 1881-1924 (1970) Karson, Marc. American Labor Unions and Politics, 1900-1918 (1958) McCartin, Joseph A. ’Labor's Great War: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy and the Origins of Modern American Labor Relations, 1912-1921 (1997)
Jacob Sheinkman (December 6, 1926 – January 29, 2004) was an American labor union leader. Sheinkman was born in the Bronx , to parents who had recently emigrated from Kyiv . In his youth, Sheinkman attended Evander Childs High School and was active in the Workmen's Circle .