The nature and power of organized labor in the United States is the outcome of historical tensions among counter-acting forces involving workplace rights, wages, working hours, political expression, l
The Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 was a trade union strike involving more than 200,000 workers.
The American Federation of Labor union label, c. 1900
Samuel Gompers in 1894; he was the AFL leader 1886–1924.
The condition of laboring man at Pullman, July 7, 1894
Labor unions represent United States workers in many industries recognized under US labor law since the 1935 enactment of the National Labor Relations Act. Their activity centers on collective bargain
Labor history of the United States
…tensions among counter-acting forces involving workplace rights, wages, working hours, political expression, labor laws, and other working conditions. Organized unions and their umbrella labor federations such as the AFL–CIO and citywide federations have competed, evolved, merged, and split against a backdrop of…
Hotel union workers strike with the slogan "One job should be enough"
Political cartoon showing organized labor marching towards progress, while a shortsighted employer tries to stop labor (1913)
Labor union voting by federal workers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1948)
Union members rally to reject union busting in New Orleans (2019)