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  2. North America's Building Trades Unions - Wikipedia

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    The Building and Construction Trades Department, commonly known as North America's Building Trades Unions ( NABTU ), is a trade department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) with 14 affiliated labor unions in the building trades. It was originally founded by the American Federation of Labor ...

  3. Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union - Wikipedia

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    Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Founded in 1937, the RWDSU represents about 60,000 workers in a wide range of industries, including but not limited to retail, grocery stores, poultry processing, dairy processing, cereal processing, soda bottlers, bakeries, health care, hotels, manufacturing, public sector workers like ...

  4. List of labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of labor unions in the United States. Unions exist to represent the interests of workers, who form the membership. Under US labor law, the National Labor Relations Act 1935 is the primary statute which gives US unions rights. The rights of members are governed by the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act 1959. List Below

  5. Biden notches another union endorsement as building trades ...

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    The head of the North America’s Building Trade Union, which will host Biden at its legislative conference in Washington later on Wednesday, in an ad said the Republican presidential nominee "was ...

  6. Labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The US Bureau of Labor Statistics most recent survey indicates that union membership in the US has risen to 12.4% of all workers, from 12.1% in 2007. For a short period, private sector union membership rebounded, increasing from 7.5% in 2007 to 7.6% in 2008. [1] However, that trend has since reversed.

  7. Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - Wikipedia

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    A resolution against trade unionism was actually proposed, and labor union delegates had to work hard to secure adjournment in order to avoid passage of the motion. The trade unionists decided to call another conference for November 15, 1881 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where a larger number of trade union members could participate.

  8. Cesar Chavez - Wikipedia

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    Early life Childhood: 1927–1945 Cesario Estrada Chavez was born in Yuma, Arizona on March 31, 1927. He was named for his paternal grandfather, Cesario Chavez, a Mexican who had crossed into Texas in 1898. Cesario had established a successful wood haulage business near Yuma and in 1906 bought a farm in the Sonora Desert's North Gila Valley. Cesario had brought his wife Dorotea and eight ...

  9. Category:Trade unions - Wikipedia

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    Category. : Trade unions. Help. Trade unions is included in the JEL classification codes as JEL: J51. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trade unionism. Trade or labor unions are unions formed around professional, occupational, trade, and labor activities. Organized Labour portal.