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    concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work ("labor organization," n.d., para. 5). An example of a labor organization for law enforcement is “The International Union of Police Associations AFL-CIO union”; it is exclusively chartered for active and retired law enforcement officers, with its sole mission to fight for the needs of the members male or female in law enforcement and their needs ("I.U.P.A," n.d.).

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    union. All of the artists, who are responsible for the artistic layout, might belong to another. These unions are usually joined together, and most unions in America are some branch of the largest labor union organization in the United States, the AFL-CIO. The unions of the workers at a certain business or factory might get together with the management for a period of time to talk about a contract. This time is known as negotiation. The union will tell the management what it wants its

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    To keep his movement in the public eye, Chavez staged a grueling three-hundred-mile march from Delano to Sacramento, and later he fasted for three weeks to rededicate the union to nonviolence. In 1966 his NFWA merged with an AFL-CIO affiliate to establish the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC). After five years of struggle the economic impact of the boycott pressured the growers to settle. Yet Cesar Chavez remained important; he had organized the once-thought-unorganizable

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    Research the history of the Labor Movement up to the present. Labor Unions were made to help the worker. The first know labor union was in New York in 1768 when New York Journeymen protested wage agreements (History.com Staff). Then later in 1794 a bunch of journeymen otherwise known as shoemakers formed together to form what was the first known Union (History.com Staff). Labor Unions actually started with skilled workers. Not many factory workers were part of a union. One of the most famous Labor

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    members of one of two larger umbrella organizations: the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) or the Change to Win Federation, which split from the AFL-CIO in 2005. Both organizations advocate policies and legislation favorable to workers in the United States and Canada, and take an active role in Democratic party politics. The AFL-CIO is especially concerned with global trade issues. Private sector union members are tightly regulated by the National Labor

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    members. Big unions also usually engage in lobbying activities and electioneering at the state and federal level. Most unions in the United States are aligned with one of two larger organizations. Either the AFL-CIO, which was created in 1955 or the Change to Win Coalition, which split from the AFL-CIO in 2005. Both advocate policies and legislation on behalf of workers in the United States and Canada, and take an active role in politics. Under the two main union organizations there are two types of unions

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    unions also typically engage in lobbying activities and electioneering at the state and federal level. Two active unions in the U.S. today are the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and the Change to Win Federaton that split from the AFL-CIO around 2005. The 21st century has the most prominent unions are among the public sector employees such as city employees, government workers, teachers, and police that consist of older, male residents of the northeast

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    Everyone’s participation and contribution would make the union more successful. Union’s need people, the more that join the better the benefits, the cost would be less if all employees joined spreading the cost between more people. Members could get much more if there were more members. In order to get more benefits from the union there has to be more members join the union. If all the non-members felt this way there would be no union to negotiate and speak for the members when there are complaints

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    The political governance system and demographics of the City of Plantation According to the 2013 census, the population of the city of Plantation was 85,496, of which there were 37,587 households. In these households or families, 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them while 52.% were married couples living together, and 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present. The census further explains that 33.2% were non-families and 25.8% of all households in the city were made

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    If you knew how the presidential candidates felt about issues that affect you, would it change the way you vote? All of the presidential candidates have different opinions on issues, and the way they address the issues that are important to you, change the way you feel about them. Some issues that would change my vote are; limited work hours, lowered college tuition, and increased cancer research. I think work hours should be limited for health precautions and family needs. Lowering college tuition

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