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The History Of Labor

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    The thirteenth Amendment to the United States constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
  • National Labor Union Foundation (NLU)

    National Labor Union Foundation (NLU)

    The National labor union was the first National labor federation in the United States
  • Knights of Labor

    Knights of Labor

    The first important labour organization in the United States meant to protect its members from employer retaliations
  • First Labor Day

    First Labor Day

    Sept 5 ,1882 was held in New York City celebrated with a picnic concert and speeches 10,000 workers marched in a parade from city hall to union square
  • American Federation of Labor (AFL)

    American Federation of Labor (AFL)

    A national federation of labor unions in the United States founded in Columbus Ohio in May 1886 by an alliance of craft union
  • The Wagner Act

    The Wagner Act

    This was also called the National Labor Relations Act a foundational statue of the United States Labor Law guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions and engage for bargaining
  • Fair Labor Standards Act  ( FLSA)

    Fair Labor Standards Act ( FLSA)

    Establishes minimum wage ,overtime pay, record keeping and youth employment standards affecting full time and partime workers
  • Taft - Hartley

    Taft - Hartley

    The Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 is a United States Federal law that restricts the activities and powers of labor unions
  • Steel Strike

    Steel Strike

    A labor union strike by the United Steel Workers of America (USWA) against major steel maker companies in the United States it occurred over management's demands that the union give up a contract clause
  • Labor Management Reporting Disclosure Act

    Labor Management Reporting Disclosure Act

    A United States Labor Law that regulates labor unions internal affairs and their officials relationships with employers