WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Labor unions were created in order to have better communication between workers and employers. As working conditions decreased during the Second Industrial Revolution, the need for better communication and better working conditions were needed. As a result labor unions were created to allow workers some protections.

Detailed explanation-2: -For those in the industrial sector, organized labor unions fought for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions. The labor movement led efforts to stop child labor, give health benefits and provide aid to workers who were injured or retired.

Detailed explanation-3: -Factory conditions for workers can still be dangerous, with long hours and physically taxing jobs that cause a multitude of health problems, including: Back and repetitive stress injuries. Burns, broken bones, and nerve damage from machinery accidents.

Detailed explanation-4: -In response to the problem of poor working conditions and the apparent indifference of industrial barons, membership in the American Federation of Labor (AFL), a union for skilled workers formed in 1886, grew rapidly from 256, 000 members in 1897 to 1, 676, 000 in 1904.