• The National Labor Union (NLU) was the first national labor federation in the United States. Founded in 1866 and dissolved in 1873, it paved the way for...
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    Labor unions represent United States workers in many industries recognized under US labor law since the 1935 enactment of the National Labor Relations...
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    working hours, political expression, labor laws, and other working conditions. Organized unions and their umbrella labor federations such as the AFL–CIO and...
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  • A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is...
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  • national labor federations were reorganizing themselves. National Trade Union Council (Zenrokyo) Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) National Confederation...
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    recognized by the National Labor Relations Board. In June 2024 the union became affiliated with Teamsters. The Amazon Labor Union was founded on April...
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    the National Labor Union (not to be confused with the cognominal National Labor Union), more commonly known as the Colored National Labor Union (CNLU)...
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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...
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    bargaining between trade unions and employers. The law established the National Labor Relations Board to prosecute violations of labor law and to oversee the...
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  • The National Union of Students (NUS) is the peak representative body for Australian higher education students. A student union is eligible for membership...
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    a workplace. Union busting tactics can refer to both legal and illegal activities, and can range anywhere from subtle to violent. Labor laws differ greatly...
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    and unfair labor practices. Under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, the NLRB has the authority to supervise elections for labor union representation...
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    trade union and labor movements grew, trade unionists proposed that a day be set aside to celebrate labor. "Labor Day" was promoted by the Central Labor Union...
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    The American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) was a national federation of labor unions in the United States that continues today as the AFL-CIO. It was...
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    Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada (FOTLU) was a federation of labor unions created on November 15, 1881, at...
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  • The Union Labor Party or United Labor Party (ULP) was a labor party created in 1884 by labor activists in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was moderately successful...
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    The National Labor Federation (NATLFED) is a network of community associations, called "entities", that claim to organize workers who are excluded from...
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  • administration of the union or local branches covered by their activists. State-based factions (national sub-factions) which make up Labor Right include: New...
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    The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) is an independent labor union representing 150,000 employees of 35 departments and agencies of the United...
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    amended the 1935 National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), adding new restrictions on union actions and designating new union-specific unfair labor practices. Among...
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  • 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, the...
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  • A national trade union center (or national center or central) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country. Nearly every country in the...
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    William H. Sylvis (category American trade union leaders)
    pioneer American trade union leader who founded the Iron Molders' International Union. He also was a founder of the National Labor Union. It was one of the...
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    Knights of Labor promoted the social and cultural uplift of the worker, and demanded the eight-hour day. In some cases it acted as a labor union, negotiating...
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  • The National Labor Party was formed by Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes in 1916, following the 1916 Labor split on the issue of World War I conscription...
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  • (known successively as the Independent Party, the National Independent Party and the Greenback Labor Party) was an American political party with an anti-monopoly...
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    The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known simply as Labor or the Labor Party, is the major centre-left political party in Australia and one of two major...
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  • Frederick Brissenden nationals are sometimes named internationals, federations are named unions, etc. The issues that divided labor federations and fostered...
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  • Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a national trade union center that is the largest federation of unions in the United...
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  • Labor Right faction. The Labor Left operates autonomously in each state and territory of Australia, and organises as a broad alliance at the national...
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