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Samuel Gompers helped make the American Federation Of Labor in 1887. He opposed racial discrimination at first, but later banned black worker from AFL unions.
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In 1894 a strong miners union is formed. This union is called the Free Coinage Union No. 19. It was part of the Western Federation of Miners.
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From 1920 to 1960 John L Lewis is president of the United Mine Workers of America. John L Lewis was an American leader of organized labor.
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On July 1st 1922, Hourly wages for railway were cut by seven cents. Sympathy strikes shut down railroads completely.
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This act is a United States federal law. It's main purpose was to lay the responsibility of economic stability onto the federal government.
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In 1962 Cesar Chávez forms the National Farm Workers Association. In 1946 Chávez became more active with the National Agricultural Workers.
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This Act was passed in 1926 with its provisions originally enforced under the Board of Mediation. The law also governs labor relations in railroad and airline industries.
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This act is a federal labor law that deals with organized labor.
It was put into action in 1932 to provide that contracts that limit an employee's right to join a labor union are unlawful. -
in 1938, the UMWA breaks away from the American Federation of Labor. This group later becomes known as the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
