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A labor union is an organization ascertained for and by the workforce to follow collective goals at the workplace. The goals include wages, work rules, benefits and power of the employees. For more than a century, the labor union played a dominating role in shaping the life and work of the Americans. The unions have waned and waxed during a long struggle to control the workplace in America. In the early 20th century, the labor unions were the dominating body that worked on behalf of the workers to bring justice to the life of Americans (Cohen & Cohen, 2008). Several cold wars have occurred between the labor unions and the employers that kept their marks in the history of America as the Labor Movement.
During the past decades, Unions have been shrinking in provisions of authority and membership. Workers lost their faith over the Unions because of its long-struggling procedure and fighting attitude to get justice. The laws and regulations enforced by the federal government and the regulating bodies have taken over the roles of Labor Unions making them a mere term that used to have supreme power in shaping workers life in the 19th and early 20th century.
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Davey, H., Millis, H., & Brown, E. (2001). From the Wagner Act to Taft-Hartley: A Study of National Labor Policy and Labor Relations. Industrial And Labor Relations Review, 4(4), 602. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2518503
Griffin, J. (2009). Labor Law: National Labor Relations Act: Jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board. Michigan Law Review, 37(8), 1328. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1283128
