That Union Thing
Philadelphia printers conduct first successful strike for increased wages. |
First worker revolt: B&O Railroad cuts wages 10% and workers walk off job; federal troops break strike but start national revolt. |
AFM formed |
Norris-LaGuardia Act: limits employers’ injunctions in labor disputes. |
Fair Labor Standards Act: creates laws regarding minimum wages and 40-hour work week. |
AFL and CIO merge. |
1786 |
1877 |
1896 |
1932 |
1937 |
1955 |
1806 |
1886 |
1913 |
1935 |
1947 |
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Philadelphia shoe makers create price list and a "closed shop" environment; courts rule that "union" is a criminal conspiracy. |
skilled workers form American Federation of Labor. |
Local 655 Chartered. |
NLRA: protects workers’ rights to form unions, compels collective bargaining, and creates NLRB to investigate violations. |
Taft-Hartley Act restricts union members’ activities. |
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Florida Teachers Come Together
Meeting together for the first time since a merger a year ago, Florida’s united teachers’ union held its inaugural convention in Orlando this May. The 100,300-member Florida Education Association was formed by the union of state affiliates of AFT and the National Education Association, becoming one of several merged teachers’ units in the country.
Flight Attendants and Painters Join Union
135 flight attendants at Miami Air International recently voted for union representation amid their concerns over low pay, poor scheduling practices, and lack of health care benefits, and 15 professional painters and decorators at Devita and Sons Painting Inc. of Hollywood, Fla., voted to join Painters and Allied Trades District Council 78.
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