WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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business owners’ desire for workers to organize.
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federal legislation mandating workers’ rights.
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workers’ efforts to improve working conditions and increase wages.
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workers’ pressure on the government to enact safety regulations.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A labor union is an organization formed by workers in order to negotiate for better workers’ rights, including better pay, safer working conditions, and better benefits. A labor union chooses representatives to negotiate on its behalf with the employer.
Detailed explanation-2: -trade union, also called labour union, association of workers in a particular trade, industry, or company created for the purpose of securing improvements in pay, benefits, working conditions, or social and political status through collective bargaining.
Detailed explanation-3: -By threatening to limit the supply of labor, unions generate bargaining power, which they use to negotiate improved terms and conditions for covered employees, including wages. This power can also be used to resist downward pressure on wages, such as employer efforts to cut or freeze wages in an economic downturn.