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Originally Posted by TheDoc
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"In the United States, Philadelphia carpenters went on strike in 1791 for the ten-hour day. By the 1830s, this had become a general demand.
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Boston ship carpenters, although not unionized, achieved an eight-hour day in 1842."
"....On May 19, 1869, Grant signed a National Eight Hour Law Proclamation."
78 after they first went on strike.... thank you unions!
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Thank you for clarifying. I believe I understand your point now. Your point is that a
local guild in Philadelphia was helpful to it's dozens of members long before the
modern age of powerful national unions and that was also before the eight hour day
was implemented nationally under Grant. I wonder how a few dozen Philadelphia
carpenters in the 1700s relate to the 11 million member AFL-CIO today. Should the
AFL-CIO get credit for what a few dozen Philadelphia carpenters did in 1791, because
they could both be called "unions"?
I wonder if small local unions would be as helpful today as they were around the
time the country was founded. Of course, I don't know what problems those small
local unions caused back then. Maybe they caused big problems, maybe not, I don't know.
Maybe that style of small local union would be more helpful today. I don't know.
Did the modern age of national mega-unions as a result of WWII ruin a good thing?
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