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  2. Labor practices at private-equity-owned firms may endanger ...

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    The report, published Tuesday by the American Federation of Teachers, which represents 1.7 million educators, health care workers and government employees, focuses on troubling labor practices at ...

  3. Tipping Is Out of Control. It's Also a Serious Labor Issue

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    Under federal labor law, employers are able to get away with paying tipped workers only $2.13 per hour; if the tips workers receive don’t add up to the hourly federal minimum wage of $7.25 ...

  4. American Federation of Labor - Wikipedia

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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 founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1886 by an alliance of craft unions eager to provide mutual support and disappointed in the Knights of Labor.

  5. Labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Most unions in the United States are aligned with one of two larger umbrella organizations: the AFL–CIO created in 1955, and the Change to Win Federation (Strategic Organizing Center or SOC) which split from the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) in 2005. Both advocate policies and legislation on ...

  6. AFL-CIO - Wikipedia

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    The American 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 States. It is made up of 61 national and international unions, together representing nearly 15 million active and retired workers.

  7. Port strikes extend a new era of American labor activism

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    Members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists began striking in July after negotiations with game industry giants that began more than a year and a half ...

  8. Timeline of labour issues and events - Wikipedia

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    The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, forerunner of the American Federation of Labor, passed a resolution stating that "8 hours shall constitute a legal day's work from and after May 1, 1886." 1884 (United States) Federal Bureau of Labor established in the U.S. Department of the Interior. [18] 1884 (United States)

  9. Labor groups begin to unite behind Harris' campaign — but ...

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    On Monday, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the biggest federation of unions in the U.S. and a longtime supporter of President Joe Biden ...