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Early Years
In the United States, Trade Unions have made their presence felt right from the times of the freedom struggle when a batch of carpenters disguised as Mohawk Indians appeared at the famous Boston Tea Party. From then on strikes and agitations by several unions have been recorded in history, for example, the early years of the 197th century witnessed workers' strike for improvement in working conditions was recorded. In the 1820's several Trade Unions protested to reduce the number of working hours from 12-10. Many of these attempts were not successful but it marked the rise of worker's unions in almost every area of skilled labor. It was in the year 1866 that the National Labor Union was formed and after several attempts managed to bring into effect an 8 hr working day for Federal workers. But the NLU disappeared with the economic depression of 1873. Another notable Union was formed in 1886 called the American federation Of Labor.
Activities
Over the years, the AFL continued their activities in a minor way with membership depreciating in times of poverty and starvation until the year 1935 when the Committee for industrial organization was formed with some members of the AFL to bring into effect Industrial Unionism. The CIO and the AFL merged in later years to reduce the jurisdictional disputes between unions and succeeded in establishing industrial Unionism in almost all sectors of American Industry.
Decline
Of late there has been a steady decline in Trade Unionism in the US because of efforts on the parts of employers to eradicate this clan. Some company's provide a place for worker's representative on the Board of Directors and even give them a share in profits. There has been a steady decline in the industrial class of laborers over the years due to advent of mechanized technology where scope for the formation of unions is comparatively less.
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