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unusual facts about union organizing



Cottondale, Alabama

Cottondale was the site of cotton mills where the Knights of Labor had some success in organizing drives in the late 1880s; and where "Mother" Jones worked in 1904 while studying conditions for working women and children in the South.


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Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers

Passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act on June 16, 1933 sparked widespread union organizing throughout the country.

History of union busting in the United States

According to Martin J. Levitt, "because of Landrum-Griffin's vague language, attorneys are able to directly interfere in the union-organizing process without any reporting requirements. Therefore, "young lawyers run bold anti-union wars and dance all over Landrum-Griffin.

Kate Bronfenbrenner

Bronfenbrenner is also well known for her studies of anti-union tactics utilized by employers in NLRB-sponsored union organizing elections.

Steel Workers Organizing Committee

Passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) on June 16, 1933, sparked widespread union organizing throughout the country, even in the steel industry.