American labor movement

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labor movement social movement

The American labor movement is a broad social and political effort in the United States that organizes workers to improve wages, working conditions, and labor rights through unions, collective bargaining, and advocacy.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
American labor movement canonical	14
The Labor Movement in America	1
U.S. labor movement	1
United States labor movement	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	labor movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ
advocatedRight	Social Security ⓘ anti-discrimination protections ⓘ child labor restrictions ⓘ collective bargaining rights ⓘ eight-hour workday ⓘ minimum wage laws ⓘ paid leave ⓘ unemployment insurance ⓘ workplace safety regulations ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
facesOppositionFrom	anti-union legislation ⓘ employers ⓘ right-to-work laws ⓘ
hasDemographic	farmworkers ⓘ industrial workers ⓘ public sector workers ⓘ service sector workers ⓘ
hasGoal	expand labor rights ⓘ improve wages ⓘ improve working conditions ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Fight for $15 movement ⓘ Flint sit-down strike ⓘ Haymarket affair ⓘ Homestead Strike ⓘ Ludlow strike ⓘ surface form: Ludlow Massacre Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ surface form: Memphis sanitation strike PATCO strike ⓘ Pullman Strike ⓘ
hasOrganization	AFL–CIO ⓘ American Federation of Labor ⓘ American Federation of Teachers ⓘ Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ National Education Association ⓘ Service Employees International Union ⓘ Teamsters ⓘ United Auto Workers ⓘ United Farm Workers ⓘ United Mine Workers of America ⓘ
hasTactic	boycotts ⓘ contract negotiations ⓘ legal challenges ⓘ mass demonstrations ⓘ union organizing drives ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ
influenced	Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ National Labor Relations Act ⓘ New Deal labor policy ⓘ Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ⓘ surface form: Occupational Safety and Health Act
influencedBy	European labor movements ⓘ Industrial Revolution ⓘ surface form: Industrial Revolution in the United States
relatedTo	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: civil rights movement immigrant rights movement ⓘ women's rights movement ⓘ
usesMethod	collective bargaining ⓘ electoral politics ⓘ lobbying ⓘ picketing ⓘ political advocacy ⓘ strikes ⓘ union organization ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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Helen Fabela Chávez → sphereOfInfluence → American labor movement ⓘ

John L. Lewis → movement → American labor movement ⓘ

American Railway Union → partOf → American labor movement ⓘ

George Pullman → hasEffectOn → American labor movement ⓘ

Richard T. Ely → notableWork → American labor movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Labor Movement in America

Sidney Hillman → movement → American labor movement ⓘ

Lucille Campbell Green → associatedWith → American labor movement ⓘ

NFWA → movement → American labor movement ⓘ

César Chávez gravesite → associatedWith → American labor movement ⓘ

Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Labor → associatedWith → American labor movement ⓘ

Pretty Boy Floyd → associatedWith → American labor movement ⓘ

Maud Younger → partOf → American labor movement ⓘ

Rose Pastor Stokes → areaOfInfluence → American labor movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. labor movement

Textile Workers Union of America → memberOf → American labor movement ⓘ

John Brophy → sphereOfActivity → American labor movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States labor movement

Jewish labor movement → influenced → American labor movement ⓘ

Lane Kirkland → partOf → American labor movement ⓘ