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  2. Labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A plurality of Americans believed labor unions mostly helped the companies where workers are unionized by a 48–44 margin. A plurality of Americans believed labor unions mostly helped state and local governments by a 47–45 margin. A plurality of Americans believed labor unions mostly hurt the US economy in general by a 49–45 margin.

  3. Labor history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Union membership grew very rapidly from 2.8 million in 1933 to 8.4 million in 1941, covering 23% of the non-farm workforce, reaching 14 million in 1945, about 36 percent of the work force. By the mid-1950s, the merged AFL-CIO still collected dues from over 15 million members, a third of the non-farm workforce.

  4. Category:Trade unions established in the 1950s - Wikipedia

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    Category: Trade unions established in the 1950s. 2 languages. ... This category is for trade unions (aka labor unions) established in the decade 1950s. 1900s; 1910s;

  5. 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 .

  6. Category:1950s in labor relations - Wikipedia

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    1950s portal; This category is for labor relations in the decade 1950s. 1900s; ... Trade unions established in the 1950s (10 C) 0–9. 1950 in labor relations (3 C, 1 P)

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

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    The CP has had only negligible influence in labor since its supporters' defeat in internal union political battles in the aftermath of World War II and the Congress of Industrial Organizations's (CIO) expulsion of unions in which the party held the most influence in 1950. The expelled parties were often raided by stronger unions, and most ...

  8. Remembering the racist history of ‘right-to-work’ laws - AOL

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    OPINION: Michigan became the first state in decades to repeal its right-to-work laws, which stifles workers by making it harder to collectively bargain for their wages, benefits and working ...

  9. Timeline of labour issues and events - Wikipedia

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    In an attempt to persuade strikers at Colorado's Ludlow Mine Field to return to work, company "guards," engaged by John D. Rockefeller Jr. and other mine operators and sworn into the State Militia just for the occasion, attacked a union tent camp with machine guns, then set it afire. Five men, two women and 12 children died as a result.