Labor_Union_Movement_In_America

Labor Union Movement In America The Labor Union Movement in America This history of the Labor Union Movement in the United States is the story of people who sought to find balance between the needs of employers and the needs of employees.4 The roots of American Labor Unions extend deep into the early history of America. Several of the Pilgrims arriving at Plymouth Rock in 1620 were working craftsmen. Captain John Smith, who led the ill-fated settlement in 1607 on Virginia's James River, pleaded with his sponsors in London to send him more craftsmen and working people. In prerevolutionary America, 90% of the population lived in rural areas. The main occupations in these areas were as farm owners, tenants, and hired hands. These agricultural workers were supported by craftsmen and unsilled laborers. As demand for skilled craftsman and their wares increased,a master worker would set up a retail shop and employ apprentices. Before their were unions, master workers joined together to form and maintain monopolies. The original craftsman in America were immigrants who paid their way to the New World and passed their trades on their children. ‘they were free laborers. As demand for more skilled labor, unions, workers, union, strike, skilled, america, afl, working, american, industrial, first, years, work, wages, been, unskilled, new, knights, employers, war, trades, national, membership, during, act, wage, together, railroad, people, organization, legal, increase, federal, congress