Labor Unions
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 today centers on collective bargaining over wages, benefits, and working conditions for their membership, and on representing their members in disputes with management over violations of contract provisions. Larger labor unions also typically engage in lobbying activities and electioneering at the state and federal level. Most unions in the United States are aligned with one of two larger umbrella organizations: the AFL–CIO created in 1955, and the Change to Win Federation (current Strategic Organizing …
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Zimmedia · 2021 English
From Underground to the corridors of power offers a critical look into the formation of the Nation Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in 1982, with materials sourced from extensive archives. This …
MSU: Michigan State University · 2019
Peter Cole, professor of history at Western Illinois University, delivers a talk entitled, "Forging global solidarity: dockworkers and Black internationalism." Drawing on themes from his book, "Dockworker power: race and …
MSU: Michigan State University · 2015
Dr. Peter Cole, professor of history at Western Illinois University, delivers a talk entitled, "On the waterfront in Durban and San Francisco : longshoremen and social movement unionism, 1934-1994." Dr. …
University of Connecticut · 2013
A 2013 portrait of Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL) President, Austin Natee.
University of Connecticut · 2013
A 2013 portrait of a Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL) Officer.
University of Connecticut · 2013
A 2013 portrait of Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL) President, Austin Natee.
DISA: Digital Innovation South Africa · 1 April 1991 English
Interview with Lybon Tiyani Mabasa, a leader in the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) at the time of this interview, was born in 1952 and graduated from Sekano-Ntoane High School in …
to support, the PAC refused to support. The labor unions said they leave it to individuals. It turns … congress. And we had not brought people from the labor unions. We didn't go and organize them, they were all …
NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1977
This flyer advertises a donation drive to support African Freedom Fighters to students and faculty at Brooklyn College. The flyer is yellow with black text and features an illustration of …
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum · 1976
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