Labor Union in United States

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An organization of employees seeking favorable wages, improved labor conditions, better hours of labor, and the righting of grievances against employers. 1. Craft Union. Organization of employees engaged in a single occupation. Such a union is based upon skill in the performance of one task or of a number of closely allied tasks or crafts.

2. Industrial Union. Organized on the basis of the industry rather than the craft. It unites into one group all the workers in a given industry, skilled and unskilled, without regard to craft or occupation. See aflcio (in U.S. law); american federation of labor (in U.S. law); congress of industrial organizations (in U.S. law); collective bargaining.

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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