Reflection of Labor Class Struggle Against the Political System | Report

Running Head: THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
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THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK1
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Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Discussion..................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................4
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THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK2
Introduction
American labour union, from its inception in the 1881 was a highly realistic
federation of labour. Legislations has much to say about managers role in union
organisational campaigns and its bargaining procedures in negotiating contracts once an
union has gained recognition (Sloane & Witney, n.d.). National Labour Relation Board
(NLRB), is an independent federal agency that enforces the national labour relations act, and
preserves the rights of the private sector employees, their working conditions and wages slabs
with or without union. Corporation, the Carnegie Steel Company at Homestead and Pullman
palace car Company were two of the major successful historical labour union movements in
the United States. This report aims at reflecting the labour class struggle against the political
system for unionizing, the effective strategies that can be used in forming the union, historical
events that have impacted the major labour movements and had led to the formation of the
union.
Discussion
AFL-CIO an acronym for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial organisation, was founded to improve lives and rights of the working class
population in the United States (Sloane & Witney, n.d.). Sweeny, the best organising
performer of all US international unions, promised the labors to bring back their lives and
fight for their rights. He made sure that minorities and women played major leadership role in
AFL-CIO. The community comprised of Blacks and Hispanics with 15 and 8 per cent
respectively, it also observed a rapid rise in the women memberships from 33 to 40 per cent
of the entire union (Sloane & Witney, n.d.). In the year 2002 there was a fall of 1.7 per cent
in the union membership with around 16.2 million total members in the union. The number of
union members dropped to 15.5 million by 2005 (Sloane & Witney, n.d.). The economic