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The National Labor Union (NLU) was the first national labor federation in the United States. Founded in 1866 and dissolved in 1873.
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The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada (FOTLU) was a federation of labor union. It changed its name to the American Federation of Labor (AFL) on December 8, 1886.
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The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.
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President Grover was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. He was also the President that made Labor Day a Federal Holiday.
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The American Federation of Labor was a national federation of labor unions in the United States. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1886.
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The Industrial Workers of the World, members of which are commonly termed "Wobblies". IWW is an international labor union that was founded in 1906 in Chicago, Illinois in the United States of America.
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The law creating a U.S. Department of Labor, signed by President William H. Taft on March 4, 1913, was virtually overlooked among the historic events of that day. William Bauchop Wilson was best remembered for his service as the first Secretary of Labor.
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Leadership of Industrial Workers of the World sentenced to federal prison on charges of disloyalty to the United States
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One of every five workers walked out in great strike wave, including national clothing coal and steel strikes. There was a general strike in Seattle and a police strike in Boston.
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Railway Labor Act sets up procedures to settle railway labor disputes and forbids discrimination against union members.
