Trade Union Dates

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NLU (National Labour Union)
1866 - Sylvis, 500,000 members, 1869 demise, 8 hour days, cause for working women
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KOL (Knights of Labour)
1869 - inclusive, 8 hour days, equal pay for women, X child labour, 700,000 members by 1886, Haymarket Affair X
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AFL (American Federation of Labour)
1886 - Gompers, sought reforming legislation, over 2m members by 1914
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Court Injunctions
19thC (esp. 1894) - against strikers
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
1890 - curtail power of monopolies
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Lochner v NY
1905 - rejected setting no. hours for bakers
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IWW / Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World)
1905 - militant, not trusted by employers / gov't, unskilled, 100,000 members
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Clayton Anti-Trust Act
1914 - limit use of court injunctions against strikers
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Coppage v Kansas
1915 - legalised 'yellow dog' contracts
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Adkins v Children's Hospital Case
1923 - min. wage violated due process clause
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BSCP (Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) Founded
1925 - Randolph, 500 members initially
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National Industry Recovery Act
1933 - blue eagle, codes of practice
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Wagner Act (National Labour Relations Act)
1935 - legalised unions and collective bargaining
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Sechechter Poultry Corp v US
1935 - NRA unconstitutional, many benefits reversed
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BSCP Recognised
1935 - recognised by Pullman, won election with company union
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NLRB v Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
1937 - Wagner Act constitutional
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CIO (Congress of Industrial Organisations)
1937 - included unskilled workers, diverse, BSCP affiliated
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Fair Labour Standards Act
1939 - set min. wage, max. hours, Xunskilled
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Taft-Hartley Act
1947 - restrain power of unions
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AFL-CIO Merger
1955 - 16m, more successful bargaining
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Equal Pay Act
1963 - 'equal pay for equal work'
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Civil Rights Act
1964 - no discrimination on basis of race, nationality, religion...
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Economic Opportunities Act
1964 - young people, vocational skills / increase employability
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Age Discrimination Act
1968 - X hiring/firing certain age, could not advertise for a certain age
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Occupational Heath and Safety Act
1970 - better standards of health and safety, passed to dep't of labour
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United Farm Workers Union (UFW)
1972 - Chavez, agricultural workers, beneficial to AA, collective bargaining est. in 1975
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KOL (Knights of Labour)

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1869 - inclusive, 8 hour days, equal pay for women, X child labour, 700,000 members by 1886, Haymarket Affair X

Card 3

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AFL (American Federation of Labour)

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Card 4

Front

Court Injunctions

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Card 5

Front

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

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