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The fist Union formed in New York when the journeyman shoemakers began to organize to protest wage reduction. They then fully became a recognizable union in 1794 when they formed the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers in Philidelphia.
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There are labor uniouns today, however they have changed over time through events such as the ludlow massecure, legislation, and new ideas and beliefes changed labor uniouns, therefore labor unions have drasticly changed over time.
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Labor Unions began to spread and began to coalesce with other labor groups in the region and eventually began combining into one large union entity.
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A nationwide strike were rail road workers refused to work because of an industry wide pay cut of ten percent. Riots often broke out due to this event resulting in federal troops coming in the break up the strike.
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Some coal miners were unhappy with their occupation so they went on strike. They set up tent cities in southern Colorado and lived there until the Colorado National Guard in league with the mining company attacked them and killed a significant number of the men and their families.
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This act was designed to make importing harder so that focus would shift back on the american labor to produce products, along with bringing in revenue. it is thought of as a responsible part in causeing the depression and in part crashing the US economey because of the lack of imports that were already relied on.
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This act created minumum wage and maximum working hours for laborers. The maximum working hours per week was set at 40 and is still in effect today. How ever the minimum wage has increased since this act was passed.
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This establishes minium wage, overtime pay, and record keeping and youth emplyment standards affecting emplyees in the private sector and in Federal State and local governments. This act raised the minimum wage to 8.23 as of Janurary First of this year.
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This act would provide:
1. seceret ballot elections
2. Union Recertification
3. Political Portection
4. Majority vote of all employees
5.Employee privace protections
6. Secert ballot strike vote
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Therefore labor unions have changed over time, just like almost idea and busnessis beliefe has over time. This is similar to technology because for the most part it has improved. Just like technology and inovations have led the world foward, labor unions have changed and for the most part for the better.
