labor unions in the United States

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:Change_to_Win_Federation gptkb:AFL-CIO independent unions
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:historicalEvent	gptkb:Haymarket_affair gptkb:Pullman_Strike gptkb:Great_Railroad_Strike_of_1877 Taft-Hartley Act passage Wagner Act passage
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	labor unions in the United States
gptkbp:legal_right	right to strike right to collective bargaining right to organize
gptkbp:membership_trend	declining since 1950s
gptkbp:notableExample	gptkb:Teamsters gptkb:AFL-CIO gptkb:Service_Employees_International_Union gptkb:United_Auto_Workers
gptkbp:opposedBy	some employers anti-union legislation
gptkbp:peakMembership	1950s
gptkbp:purpose	collective bargaining improve working conditions protect workers' rights represent workers increase wages
gptkbp:regulates	gptkb:National_Labor_Relations_Act gptkb:National_Labor_Relations_Board
gptkbp:relatedConcept	gptkb:center gptkb:library collective bargaining picketing right-to-work laws closed shop grievance procedure labor contract open shop union dues union shop union representation election
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	gptkb:Fair_Labor_Standards_Act gptkb:Landrum-Griffin_Act gptkb:Taft-Hartley_Act gptkb:Wagner_Act
gptkbp:sector	gptkb:government
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:History_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_United_States gptkb:Labor-Management_Relations_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6