Transcript Labor Unions in America

Labor Unions in America
An association or organization
among workers designed to
deal with management about
wages and hours of work,
seniority and job control and
disputes against management
 Started to gain popularity in the
20th Century
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Labor Unions in America
1930s- the U.S. Government’s
policy toward labor unions was
put into legislation and labor
unions began to grow
 Businesses often tried to block
the attempts of workers to
unionize
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Labor Unions in America
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American Federation of Labor
(AFL)
Formed in 1886
 Dominant labor union in the US
until 1936 when the Committee
of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
was formed; the two later
merged
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Labor Unions in America
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Major Legislation
Norris-LaGuardia Act (1932)prohibited many anti-union
activities
 Wagner Act (1935)- Gave labor
the right to organize; prohibited
unfair acts by management
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Labor Unions in America
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Major Legislation
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Taft-Hartley Act (1947)- Made
certain unfair practices of unions
illegal; regulated the internal
operations of unions
Women in the Labor Market
Estimated that 81% of all
eligible women are currently in
the workforce; as opposed to
50% in 1970
 36% of managers and
executives are now females
 1/3 of all business school
graduates are female
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