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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)
In 1886, as the relations between the trade union movement and the Knights of Labor worsened, McGuire and other union leaders called for a convention to be held at Columbus, Ohio, on December 8. The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions merged with the new organization, known as the American Federation of Labor or AFL, formed at that ...
Women and trade unions: an outline history of women in the British trade union movement (E. Benn, 1977). Lovell, John. British Trade Unions 1875–1933 (Macmillan Education UK 1977) 74 Pages; Minkin, Lewis. "The British Labour Party and the Trade Unions: Crisis and Compact" ILR 28#1 (1974) pp. 7–37. online; Minkin, Lewis.
Union busting is a term used by labor organizations and trade unions to describe the activities that may be undertaken by employers, their proxies, workers and in certain instances states and governments usually triggered by events such as picketing, card check, worker organizing, and strike actions. [1]
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
1883 – The Trades and Labour Congress of Canada (TLC), a Canada-wide central federation of trade unions, is formed. 1889 - Royal Commission on the Relations of Labour and Capital The commission, chaired at first by James Sherrard Armstrong , notes the many workplace injuries and deaths, and condemns working conditions in many workplaces.
The History of Trade Unionism (1894, new edition 1920) is a book by Sidney and Beatrice Webb on the British trade union movement's development before 1920.. First published in 1894, it is a detailed and influential accounting of the roots and development of the British trade union movement.
Labor history is a sub-discipline of social history which specializes on the history of the working classes and the labor movement. Labor historians may concern themselves with issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and other factors besides class but chiefly focus on urban or industrial societies which distinguishes it from rural history .