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The first women union
Lowell mill women organized, went on strike and mobilized in politics when women couldn't even vote—and created the first union of working women in American history.The Lowell, Mass., textile mills where they worked were widely admired. But for the young women from around New England who made the mills run, they were a living hell. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Sherman Antitrust Act Was the first major law to affect the union. This was very ironic because the law was meant to curb monopolies and big companies not hurt the union. This law stated that it was illegal for the companies to state that you had to be a part of a union to work there. -
The Battle of Cripple Creek
It all began in 1894. Cripple Creek had become a boomtown after gold was discovered. Some 150 mines sprang up. So did a strong miners union—the Free Coinage Union No. 19, which was part of the militant Western Federation of Miners (WFM). -
The Wagner Act
Wagner Act gave unions the right to organize workers without being harassed or intimidated by employers. It established a National Labor Relations Board, which had the responsibility to assure that elections to determine if a union would represent workers were fair, and to oversee the collective bargaining that took place between union representatives and management once a company was unionized. -
The Great Postal Strike of 1970
Maybe Time was stunned. But 200,000 postal workers had a different view. For them, the Great Postal Strike of 1970 was the moment they were "standing 10 feet tall instead of groveling in the dust," as a Manhattan letter carrier put it. They got fed up, joined together, and transformed both the Postal Service and their own lives forever. Thus a union was formed.
