The Devolopment of Labor Unions

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1834	The national trade Union	The first national union.
01/01/1842	Commonwealth vs Hunt	a massachusetts court ruled that unions were legal.
09/22/1886	American Fedartion of Labor	founded by Samuel Gompers, organized skilled workers by crafts. They fought for higher wages, shorter hours, and improved working conditions through collective bargaining.
01/01/1892	The Homestead Strike	became violent when the steel company hiredprivate police to protect strike breakers. In ensuing confrontation, nine strikers and several police officers were killed.
01/01/1905	The International World of Workers	For unskilled workers and Immagrants, advocatedone large national union that would use strikes and sabotage to achieve its goals, as opposed to the more peaceful American Fedaration of Labor.
01/01/1914	Clayton Act	allowed picketing and limited the use of injunctions in labor disputes.
01/01/1935	National Labor Relations Act	protected the rights of workers to organize and elect representatives for collective bargaining.
09/22/1938	Fair Labor Standards Act	established a minimum wage and time and a half for over forty hours of work a week.
01/01/1955	The AFL & CIO	Merged in 1955