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Labor & Unions

Labor & Unions. Union Goals. Wages $$$$$. Types of Unions. Inclusive Exclusive. Union Characteristics. Yellow-dog Contract Secondary boycott Union Shop Closed Shop Mediation Arbitration Right to Work Laws. Union Movement. Sylfis – National labor Union 1867

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Labor & Unions

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  1. Labor & Unions

  2. Union Goals • Wages • $$$$$

  3. Types of Unions • Inclusive • Exclusive

  4. Union Characteristics Yellow-dog Contract Secondary boycott Union Shop Closed Shop Mediation Arbitration Right to Work Laws

  5. Union Movement Sylfis – National labor Union 1867 Stevens – Knights of Labor 1869 Gompers – American federation of labor – 1886 Business Unions IWW - 1918

  6. Success & Power • FDR – 1932 • Norris-La Guardia Act – 1932 • Wagner Act – 1935 • Yellow dog contract outlawed • Secondary boycotts permitted Established NLRB 1935 CIO Formed - John L. Lewis

  7. WWII & the 1950s Taft-Hartley Act – 1947 Reversed (excesses) of Wagner Act Closed Shops Ended Mediation Arbitration Cooling Off Vetoed by Truman – Passed over his veto

  8. Present • Decline • Changing Work Force

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