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National Education Association
National Education Association is the largest organized union in the United States with over 3.2 million members strong. -
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainman
Founded in Michigan, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers originally represented engineers only; but now both.Engineers drive the train, while the trainmen check tickets and oversee a passenger´s journey. -
First labor Union
The first Labor Union in the United States was established in 1866 and desolved in 1874. -
Great Southwest Railroad Strike
Hundreds of thousands of workers across five states refused to work because of unsafe work conditions and unfair hours and pay. -
Iron Workers Union
Steel had replaced wood and stone as the load-carrying building material in the erection of bridges and buildings. This abrupt change in structural materials brought about a demand for a new type of worker-bridgemen and architectural ironworkers. -
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
A Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmenmember installs and maintains signal systems servicing track switches and signals. There are approximately 9,500 members. -
Teamsters Local #346
local union that helped many until Scott Walker came to be. -
united states department of labor
The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment. -
Steel Strike of 1919
350,000 went on strike because of poor working conditions, long hours, low wages and corporate harassment regarding union involvement. -
United Auto Workers
One of the most important unions in the U.S. It helped industrial workers get the benifits the deserved. -
United Steelworkers
United Steelworkers union is the largest industrial labor union in North America, with over 860,294 members strong. -
American Postal Workers Union
over 286,700 members strong -
UPS workers strike
185,000 went on strick because they were looking for the creation of full-time jobs rather than part-time, increased wages and the retention of their multiemployer pension plan. -
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
The FLSA establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. Covered nonexempt workers are entitled to a minimum wage of not less than $7.25 per hour. -
2011 Wisconsin protests
Protest started after Wisconsin Act 10, also called the "Wisconsin Budget Repair bill was signed in.
