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The 29 pages that link to Labor union, each with the reason it gives.
PrivatizationRelated: Workforce restructuring and changed bargaining power often accompany privatization.
Collective action problemRelated: Workers can benefit from union gains without accepting the costs or risks of organizing.
DetroitNarrower topic: Organized auto workers reshaped wages and labor relations in the city.
Gilded AgeRelated: Unions arose as workers organized against low pay and employer power.
GuildCompared with: Modern unions share collective organization with guilds but focus chiefly on workplace bargaining.
Strike actionRelated: Unions often organize strikes, negotiate demands, and coordinate workers’ participation.
Community organizingRelated: Labor organizing shares practices of leadership development, member participation, and collective pressure.
American Federation of LaborNarrower topic: The AFL coordinated independent labor unions rather than replacing them with one union.
National Labor Relations ActNarrower topic: A union may become employees’ representative through authorization or a Board election.
Political action committeeRelated: Unions commonly establish PACs to support candidates and political causes.
Occupy Wall StreetCompared with: Unions rely on durable membership and bargaining structures that Occupy’s decentralized model largely lacked.
Precarious workRelated: Insecure employment can hinder organizing, while unions can seek stronger standards and protections.
SweatshopRelated: Collective bargaining can give workers leverage to demand safer workplaces and better wages.
United Farm WorkersNarrower topic: The UFW uses collective organization to represent agricultural workers.
Company townRelated: Unions could challenge wages and working conditions where one company dominated local employment.
Post-industrial societyRelated: The shift away from large industrial workplaces has challenged traditional union membership and bargaining.
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement AwardNarrower topic: The award’s institutional identity comes from the performers’ labor union.
Great Railroad Strike of 1877Related: Existing unions and local worker groups helped coordinate support, despite limited national organization.
StarbucksRelated: Starbucks workers’ organizing efforts have made labor relations a prominent issue for the company.
AFL-CIONarrower topic: The AFL-CIO is a federation whose members are labor unions.
First Red ScareRelated: Strikes and union organizing were frequently portrayed as evidence of radical subversion.
Sports leagueRelated: Players’ unions negotiate with leagues over employment conditions and compensation.
Blue-collar workerRelated: Unions have shaped wages, safety rules, and bargaining power in many blue-collar industries.
BusinesspersonCompared with: Unions represent employee interests in dealings with business owners and leaders.
IndustrialisationRelated: Unions developed as workers sought collective power against industrial employers.
Jimmy HoffaNarrower topic: Hoffa’s power came from organizing workers into a union with national reach.
Lepke BuchalterNarrower topic: Control of unions gave Buchalter leverage over employers and the garment trade.
White-collar workerRelated: Collective organizing has addressed pay, hours, and job security in office occupations as well as industrial work.
Bill HaywoodNarrower topic: Haywood’s career centered on organizing workers into unions with broader industrial reach.