MGT 3320 Chapter 11: MGT 3320 - Chapter 11 Managing Labor Relations (98% on the test)
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Iii: the united states has had a history of unionization, it began with small craft union: specialized skills, example carpenter, electrician, welder, and machiner, since the middle ages there were guills, and were crafts people and some of the ones who came out of that were mason (free mason), who some people believe were the most powerful people in the world and masons were the people who built it, the knights of labor who were found in 1869: admitted anyone regardless of race or age. Historical development of unions: knights of labor, expanded its goal and its membership to include workers in numerous fields rather than single industry, american federation of labor (afl, focused its efforts on improved working conditions and better employment contacts rather than getting involved in legislative and political activities, congress of industrial organizations (cio, focused on organizing employees by industry, regardless of their craft, skills, or occupation.
