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  2. Laborer - Wikipedia

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    As a manual labor occupation, to attract free workers the wages paid to laborers are higher than those paid in general to other types of unskilled workers (see dirty, dangerous and demeaning). In the United States, a union laborer earns equal or greater than most work available to anyone with a bachelor's degree.

  3. Laborers' International Union of North America - Wikipedia

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    LIUNA's origins stretch back to the 19th century when local construction unions began popping up across the United States. [6] Then, in March 1903, Samuel Gompers, the President of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), successfully persuaded various local construction unions from across the U.S. to unite in order to consolidate power in their fight against unfair labor practices.

  4. List of labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) Gay and Lesbian Labor Activists Network (GALLAN) International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada (IATSE) International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers ...

  5. Lehigh Valley Silk Mills - Wikipedia

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    However, after the Great Depression, increasing labor unrest and competition from other textile industries began to affect the silk industry locally and nationally. By 1953, Allentown had become the number one silk city in the world, but even then, the number of looms had decreased. At the time, only six mills continued to work with silk ...

  6. Pennsylvania AFL–CIO - Wikipedia

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    The Pennsylvania AFL–CIO is a federation of labor unions in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania in the United States. It is an affiliate of the AFL–CIO.It was formed on June 9, 1960, by the merger of two predecessor bodies, the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor (an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor) and the Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council (an affiliate of the Congress of ...

  7. Economy of Allentown, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The global headquarters of Air Products, an $8.8 billion S&P 500 company headquartered outside Allentown in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania, March 2014 The corporate headquarters of PPL Corporation, a $7.6 billion S&P 500 company in Center City Allentown, January 2007 Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem was the second largest steel manufacturer in the United States and one of the Lehigh Valley's largest ...

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