WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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go on strike
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call on immigrants to take your job
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blacklist you
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fight for an 8 hour work day
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fight for better wages and working conditions
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Detailed explanation-1: -A labor union is a group of two or more employees who join together to advance common interests such as wages, benefits, schedules and other employment terms and conditions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Trade unions champion equal rights and equal pay. They fight discrimination against race, gender, sexual orientation and disability. They foster respect and dignity in the workplace. Trade unions promote maternity rights, flexible working and paternity pay, so that caring responsibilities are shared.
Detailed explanation-3: -The highest unionization rates were among workers in protective service occupations (34.6 percent) and in education, training, and library occupations (33.7 percent). (See table 3.) Men continued to have a higher union membership rate (10.5 percent) than women (9.6 percent).