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  2. Labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Both advocate policies and legislation on behalf of workers in the United States and Canada, and take an active role in politics. The AFL–CIO is especially concerned with global trade issues. The percentage of workers belonging to a union (or total labor union "density") varies by country. In 2022 it was 10.1% in the United States, compared ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Gompers, Chair, Executive Committee. The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada ( FOTLU) was a federation of labor unions created on November 15, 1881, at Turner Hall in Pittsburgh. [1] It changed its name to the American Federation of Labor (AFL) on December 8, 1886.

  5. Union employees are about $100,000 richer than nonunion ... - AOL

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    Union employees are about $100,000 richer than nonunion workers, according to the Fed, as labor movement continues its winning streak Chloe Berger March 21, 2024 at 12:07 PM

  6. Trade union - Wikipedia

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    A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees ...

  7. Starbucks takes on the federal labor agency before the US ...

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    Starbucks takes on the federal labor agency before the US Supreme Court. DEE-ANN DURBIN. April 23, 2024 at 2:27 PM. The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to side with Starbucks Tuesday in a case that ...

  8. Union Label Department, AFL–CIO - Wikipedia

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    The Union Label and Service Trades Department, AFL–CIO was founded on April 12, 1909, to promote the products and services produced in America by trade union members—especially those products and services identified by a union label, shop card, store card and/or service button. The department is a constitutionally mandated department of the ...

  9. US labor market still tight; trade seen subtracting from Q1 ...

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    The unemployment rate is forecast unchanged at 3.9%. Labor market strength is boosting consumer spending, which is pulling in imports. A separate report from the Commerce Department's Bureau of ...