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From auto production lines to Hollywood, the power of labor unions is back in the national spotlight. Union membership rates have been falling for decades due to changes in the U.S. economy ...
The AFL–CIO is especially concerned with global trade and economic issues. Private sector unions are regulated by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), passed in 1935 and amended since then. The law is overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), an independent federal agency. Public sector unions are regulated partly by federal ...
Scripps News explores the factors behind the "hot labor summer" with strikes at Starbucks, major airlines, automakers, hotels, and more.
Where do unions stand today? WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS. November 9, 2023 at 12:50 PM. NEW YORK (AP) — Once again, U.S. labor unions are flexing their muscles in the national spotlight.
By the end of August, three unions representing about 15,000 workers agreed to the recommendations made by the board. [14] [15] On September 14, near the end of the cooling off period, Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh hosted negotiations at the Department of Labor between the railroad companies, and unions in an attempt to prevent a strike. [16]
Among other issues discussed were: How the AFL–CIO/new organization would encourage new member organizing and at what level (national or local), what a reunited labor movement's political priorities should be, what sort of relationship a reunited labor movement will have with the Democratic and Republican parties, the level of member union ...
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Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II, issues the Serfdom Patent of 1781, to abolish serfdom throughout the Habsburg lands. 1791 (United States) Philadelphia carpenters conduct first strike in the building trades in the United States. [1] 1792 (United States) Philadelphia has first local union in the United States organized to conduct collective ...