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What are Labor Unions ald what are they for? Labor Unians have been arotmd since the 1860s and were officialty made in the year 1869. Labor Unions were made to help manage the wages and lvorking conditions of workers to help make warkers have better r*agis and fair working conditio*s- When Labor Uni*r*s r**re first madelh*y
were used for to stop hordble conditions and help create bsfter wages for workers thirougb stnkes and boycotts- The rvay Iabor Unions used to rvork if they found an injustice trzas a group of people from the Labor Union and the workers would get together and strike against their superiors, TVhy Are Labor Unions fmportaat?

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Labor Unions help keep are pay 'urages fair and are working conditions good. They help get the wcrkers opinions out weather through striking or official diplomatic
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Labor Unions help keep forced slavery at bay rveather it be child slavery or racial slavery. Labor Unions help keep eqnatify betrveen the poor, middle, and richer classesThey also help protect u'orkers rights by keeping the owners from being greedy or

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Eow wereLabor. unions Fcunded and who Founded them?
Back in the year 1869 a smail group cf tailors came iogether and formed ti:e fir$ Labor Union called the Knights of Labor. The leader or main founder of the group was a man named Uriah S. Ste-phen$, The Knights sf Iabsr rvas organized in America" Philadelplria *r'ere they became a group of great importance to its people r,vhom they help It was this group that used striking and boycotiing as a way to gain change. Among this group were r*'omen, black worken, employees wfuich only includEd bankers. layers, gamblers, and staik holders. Ali of fiese people in the Knights of Labor Union added up to about total of 702,000 members. Due to menl finical disputes" and many unsuccess l strikes there group disbaaded)

Labor lJnions: 1786 to 1988 : The spreading of Strikes

lvlast of the strikes began during or around the same time the Knights af Labor were formed. These strikes began in Philadelphia where the printer rvorkers began to demand better pay, more specifically they wanted to be paid six dollars per week. When this happened the ideas of striking against the iqiustices of '*-crk began to spread all oler the nation These ideas mostly hit the raihoad industries where the raiiroad workers began to strike against the horribie pay and bad wolking conditions. The sfikes of the nations workers became worse and startedto spread to the minors, pubtic emplo-ves, teac.hers, government lvorkers, police officers, and firefighters. When the miners began to strike they formed their own Labcr Union called the lYestern Federation of Mincrs. Ater all the s-trikcs in the nalion t}e people of bJg bu*siness- rsrnBa.ny or factory owners, and small business owners wanted to find a lvay to get rid of Labor Unions. Since Labor Unions r,r'ere protected by certain laws or rights they could get rid of them, but they could replace their Labor Union workers with non Labor Union r.vorkers.

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Labor Uaioas 1886: Strikias turas to riaiias

During the y'ear 1886 The *'orkers of Chicago decided ta strike like most other workers in the other states. When they first sarted to strike it did not go well, for *-hen they got to the haymarket square they started to get violent. Once the police got involved; the strike turned from a strike and into a riot, were a rvave of violence broke out between tl:e police and the lyorkers. Over 100 people or less \*ere iqiured ftom this incident. Most people think that Labor Unions are a good thing but in the eye of the economists it is :rot- Gn the website "Librar3' of Economics and Liberfy" they think that Labor Unions are quote "Cartels that raise wages above competitive levels by restricting the supply of labor to various firms and industries."

Can Labor Unions Be Bad?

In the eyes of some people; the Labor Unions are bad and are ruining their old way of life. When Labor Unions step in and step the o'rvners from being cheap and make them pay their s,orkers more fairl_v the orvner loses money'. trVhen they make the ouner pa1.' extra mcne:f to pay for saF,-r equipment they lose money. Every time Labor Unions step in the orvner ends up making less morcy he originally did r*-hen he did no1 pay his r+orkers fairly aad did not have safer equipment. To the people of big trusiness Labor Unions are bad for ii makes fhem iose money and also wastes time {because of the strikes.}. These people see Labsr Unions as a nuisance mostly because they are greedy and want to keep all of their money for themselves instead of using it to give their wsrkers be,ttcr wages and better conditrons. To people who own eo- mpanie.s, factories, and even small businesses Labor Unions can be bad, and also tley can get violent on either sides making it also bad for the workers. Jest like the second and first estates losing &eir money, polrr, and privileges during the French revolution; The people of big business rryere Iosing money and the power they had over their workers because of the Labor Unions.

Labor Llnions and their government proteetion.

During the year 1913 the govefirment decided to protect &e Labor Uaions by creating the Department of Labor. They did this on a few conditions-..

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2. The Labcr Unions must participate in Collective Bargaining 3. Labor Unioas are prohibited to jurisdictional strike. 4. Labor Unions can contribute to or participate in political campaigns.
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the Labor Unions have to talk u'ith the National l-abor Reladens Board first before making any decisions such as striking or boycotting. All Labor Unions have to follow the rules of the Landrum-Griffu AeL

then the Labor Unicns could stay, which did not sit to well with the people nho oppose Labor Unions.

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Today in the year 2010 there are over 14-7 Million people that are still in Labor Unions, but compared to the past this is less than what they used to have. Back in t983 they had a 20.1 percentUnion membership crte. Il seems thatthe rate of members joining is decreasing instead of increasing which is not good for the Labor Unions. The membership rate ia the public potion of tlre Union is 36,2 persnt *'hich is higtrer than the privet potions sf the Unions. People in the teaching training libraries, and office Llnions have the higher percenfage of 37.1- If we jest looked at the states separately, tJre state with the highest percentage would be New York ( 24-2) is North Carolina f3.2 and the state with tlre lowest
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lVhat are the different Labor {Inion Groups?

There are multiple different types of Unions across the naticn and these Unians are.,.

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Construction Unions or Building Trade Unions which include the ironwork

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Manufacturing Unions which include &e Mechanics Union, the steel workers
Union" andthe Auto Unioas.

Transportation Unions which include the Amalgamated Transit Union, the International brotherhood of Teamsters, the inland boatnan's Union, and the
Warehouse Union.

Service Iadusxry Unions which include the Service Employees Internationai Union, and the AmericanFederation of State. Business Unions which include Company workers, small business workers, and Factory workers. Trade Unions which include Stalk Holders, the workers who work for some stalk holder ownsrs' and the people of big business.

har,e their own people or workers that make sure everything is fair and just Eacl: of these Labor Unians have to work in different ways depending on hcw things get done or how things are run in &eir suspific jobs. If a1l of these Unions came together to form one Labor Union, it would not work. They have to keep these Unions separated to make sure elry thing is as it should be within the differentjobs or companies.

All of these different gpes of Labor Unions

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Is Their a Difference Between the Old Unions and the New?

Back in the older times Labor Unions were much more active then *rey are today. This was probably because tlrat back in those days workers rights rvere being defiled right and lft. Workers from all over the United States were being under paid and rvere working in horrible conditions, People were losing their lives due to the lr.orker abuse such as, dieing from the faulry* unprotected equipmenl dieing from starvation or dehydration from not having enough money to pay for fcod and water, and dying from the diseases that you could catch from the many rats and genns on the machines. Today, because of the LaborUnions great efforts in the past, Workers no longer go through these hardships. Which is why Labor Unions are not as active today as they rv'ere in the past. Sometimes you will see them ia scfion here and their if there is a horrible factory or cornpany still about, but now-a-days its not that cornmon. One of their rnost recent agendas they are working on is the new immigration workers who are tire ones who are being but into bad srveatshops or bad rvork places. This is probably the only serious problem they are working on, so there is most definitely a difference between how they worked then and how they worknow-

Are their Labor Unions In Other Parts of the World?

Yes there are Labor Unions in other countries other than America. These Counties are ... 1.) Poland Z.)South Africa

3.)Belgium
4.)Sweden

5.)Finland
6.)France

?.)Australia Each of these Countries have Labor Unions to help their workers. Each of tJrese Countries Labor Unions work in their own Unique w'ays. You would thinb globally, their would be more countries that have Labor Unions, but theirs not. Even though there are some countries that have internet ac,cess tlut would allow them to find out about these Labar Unions and give them the idea of starting one themselves; however their traditions and culture are so deeply impeded in their psyche that to lbnn a Union would be considered revolutionary.

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American Labor Unions YR. European Labor Unions.

In the American Labor Unions you have leamed that they are not allowed to be involved in anything political or environmental. Are Labor Llnions are only aliowed to step in and help the workers and nothing more. If are Labor Unions do step out of line then are govemment has the right to get rid of Labor Unions. In the European Unions it is the exact opposite. In the European Unions they are allowed to get involved in the political affairs of the country, and they are allowed to not only protect the workers but their environment. Their Labor lJnions are used not only for their wor*ers but they are also used as a connection or chain link befween their states. Their Labor Unions are also used to keep an economic balar:ce- As you can see there is a huge diflerence between the American Labor {Jnions an the European Labor Unions.

lYays in which Labor Linions can imptove in today moderrr societv

In today's society are workers are well protected by the Labor Unions. When are Labor Unions see something is rrrong they have the rights to go in and change it. What Labor Unions don't knor*'is there are still rnaily rrrcngs that can be changed by them. For example, in other countries, if a mother has a chiid they get up to at least six months paid Maternity leave. Not only that but the father also get apatd leave called Patemity leave. In America us women only get six weeks Matemity leave and the fathers don't get any time off at all. For mothers this is bad because they will soon have to put their children into Day Care Centers that will give their children horrible illnesses. Fcr the fathers they won't be able to bond with theirchild as much.
The Labor Unions have the power to change this. If Labor Unions won't give us exfa Maternity leave then {:ey should at least tr:'and get us a special Day Care Offer Another thing that would be nice is if we could get some sort of bonus for working with a certain company for at least twenty years other than a retirement. Because I don't think its fair that you can work with a company for forly years and still not get anything as a thank you for being loyal and stoking with them. Now-a-days Labor Unions in the U.S.A have the power to chaage things to make life for the worker a little mor fair. If they fitly have this right then they should start doing some changing becaus compared to the other counfies we still got some ways to go. Labor Unions have shorvn to be important influences to iraprove the lives of workers.