Why States Are the Key to the Modern Labor Movement
Unions have a history of coming together when workers need them most. During the Gilded Age of the late 19th century, labor unions sprang up in response to the harsh conditions of the industrial revolution.
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Unions have a history of coming together when workers need them most. During the Gilded Age of the late 19th century, labor unions sprang up in response to the harsh conditions of the industrial revolution. In the 1930s, a massive surge in union organizing helped the country find its way out of the Great Depression. Today, in our Second Gilded Age, gig work is leaving millions of Americans without access to a decent living.
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