Labor Unions: Aging Dinosaur or Sleeping Giant?
The Labor Movement and Unionism Background and Brief History
Higher wages! Shorter workdays! Better working conditions! These famous words echoed throughout the United States beginning in ô1790 with the skilled craftsmenö (Dessler, 1997, p. 544). For the last two-hundred years, workers of all trades have been fighting for their rights and ôseeking methods of improving their living standards, working conditions, and job securityö (Boone, 1996,p.287). As time went by, these individuals came to the conclusion that if they work together collectively, they would grow stronger to get responses to their demands. This inspired into what we know today as labor unions. ôA labor union is an organized group of workers whose purpose is to increase wages and influence other job conditions for its membersö (Parkin, 1998,p.344).
These labor unions can be divided into two types: craft unions and industrial unions (World, 1998). A......
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