The first organization acting as a federation to encompass American unions was the National Labor Union which truly came into force after the Civil War but was reasonably short-lived. The largest ...

That said, let me remind you and everyone else who seems to have forgotten that unions and workers have been involved in Politics with a big P (as Lloyd Best put it) i.e. Politics as the contest ...

America’s unions have had a banner year. In November 33,000 machinists returned to their stations at Boeing having won a 38% wage increase over four years. Their victory followed a seven-week ...