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From that day to this, no president of either party has appointed a union leader to a cabinet-level post. President Trump's secretary of labor is R. Alexander Acosta, the dean of Florida International University College of Law and a former United States attorney.

The position was supposed to be organized labor's means of exerting influence in the inner circle of any administration. Samuel Gompers, the first president of the American Federation of Labor, started the process by insisting that President William Howard Taft separate labor's needs from those of commerce in general. President Taft finally split the Commerce Department in two in 1913, with one branch focused on working people and the other on commerce, broadly defined.

The new system gave organized labor a seat at the president's elbow. Frances Perkins - the first female cabinet member in history - soon emerged as a powerful labor secretary in President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's cabinet during the Great Depression. She had worked for Mr. Roosevelt while he was governor of New York, and he brought her along when he became president in 1933.

Ms. Perkins remained in the post throughout his presidency, which ended with Mr. Roosevelt's death in 1945, at the start of his fourth term. Social Security came into existence in 1935 partly through her efforts, as did 1938's Fair Labor Standards Act, which established a Federal minimum wage as well as rules for overtime pay.

Union membership grew rapidly during her tenure and continued to do so in the immediate post-World War II decades, reaching a peak in the mid-1960s, when at least a third of all wage-earners in the upper Midwest states belonged to unions. In Michigan - the quintessential manufacturing state - the share stood at 45 percent in 1964, or nearly half of that state's work force. Simply by their numbers, unions had the leverage to slow manufacturers who wanted to build factories abroad.

By the late 1970s, however, the merchandise trade deficit - the excess of imported goods over exports - turned negative. (It grew to almost $800 billion last year.) The many benefits of global trade have come at a tremendous cost to American workers. As the trade deficit swelled, unions lost much of their power.

Think about it: A huge amount of what America consumes is made overseas, with the implicit consent of the nation's now nearly neutered industrial unions. There were just seven strikes that involved at least 1,000 workers in 2017, according to Labor Department records. From 1968 to 1983, in sharp contrast, the total number of strikers across the country fell below 10 million in only one year - 1982. After that period, the annual total exceeded 10 million only three times.

In 1983, union membership was 17.7 million - representing 20 percent of all wage and salary workers. Last year, it was 14.8 million, representing just 10.7 percent of those workers. No wonder President Trump can talk about making America great again and not feel much pressure from organized labor to do much about it.

As union membership declines, labor has less leverage to intervene in the management of a corporation, or to galvanize the public into boycotting the products of manufacturers who put too many factories overseas while exporting less from the United States.

Strikes work when union membership is high enough to encourage the public to support the strikers, or at least feel a kinship with them. My parents, who lived comfortably on my father's earnings as a textile broker in New York, never crossed a picket line thrown up by a labor union in pursuit of a favorable contract. They might not have agreed with a union's demands, or even known what they were. But they respected a strike as an often-necessary tool in reaching a compromise acceptable to both sides.

They wanted that compromise. They had been young adults during the Depression, and they did not want to see, once again, the vagrancy and hunger that had been so commonplace - so visible - in the 1930s. That sentiment resurfaced for many Americans in 1965, when Cesar Chavez dug in his heels against California's table grape growers, organizing a strike against them and calling - successfully - for a nationwide boycott of their grapes.

Mr. Chavez and his cause riveted the nation, and my family and friends stayed away from grapes for weeks. So did millions of others.

The prestige of the labor movement was much greater then. In today's climate, it is hard to recall the public stature of a man like Douglas Fraser, president of the United Auto Workers from 1977 to 1983, and the first labor leader to sit on the board of an American automobile company - in his case Chrysler. His views mattered.

We have come a long way since then, not necessarily in the right direction. The street demonstrations and marches so characteristic of today's resistance can be immensely meaningful, but they don't force the sort of permanent economic change that a union can achieve through a binding contract that emerges from a strike.

Or at least they haven't yet. Perhaps in time new organizations will emerge - heirs to the old union movement - and one of their priorities will be to pressure manufacturers quite publicly to put more of their factories in the United States.

Correction: April 20, 2018

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It's the European Year of Cultural Heritage, an ongoing celebration across multiple countries that includes museum exhibitions; tours of gardens and monuments​; theater, dance and ​musical performances; and the reappearance of many long-running annual festivals. Each event is meant to speak to the theme of European cultural heritage in some form or other, according to the European Commission. To that end, many of the activities aim to be both fun and enriching, and appear to be marketed to Europeans rather than to tourists - all the better for travelers seeking novel experiences with a more intimate, local feeling than the usual must-see attractions. Below, a sampling of more than half a dozen events to enjoy (some even for free), ​from now through the end of the year.

Sharing Heritage, Germany

This ongoing countrywide celebration, part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage, includes a variety of activities. Among them is the Handel Festival in Halle, May 25 through June 10, a Baroque homage to the German-born composer in and around the city where he was born. More than 100 events are scheduled, including a new production of the opera "Berenice, Regina d'Egitto, HWV 38," at Halle Opera. There will also be events in meaningful places throughout the city, like the church where Handel was baptized, and a cathedral where he was an organist. About a three-hour drive north, at the Museum Europäischer Kulturen in Berlin, is " I Never Said Goodbye/Women in Exile," an exhibition (now through July 15) of photographs by Heike Steinweg of women - be it an author, artist, or political activist - living in exile in Berlin. A list of Sharing Heritage events and initiatives is at Sharingheritage.de/en/projects/.

Festival of Museums, Scotland

During t​his three-day celebration of history and ​the arts from May 18 to 20​, there will be more than 150 events at museums​ across Scotland that will ​highlight their collections and grounds​. For instance, on May 18 in Bo'ness, near Edinburgh, Kinneil House - a former noble's home beside the Antonine Wall (part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage list) that dates to the Roman Empire - will be open (for free) in the evening, as will the neighboring museum. The house and museum are part of what's known as the Kinneil Estate, where, on May 18, there will also be a nature walk and bat spotting on the grounds, an activity few museums and estates can boast they offer. Also during the festival, on May 20, Historic Environment Scotland will lead tours around the estate, which includes a cottage once used by James Watt, the inventor and engineer. (Note for long-distance walkers: The Kinneil Estate and Nature Reserve is part of the John Muir Way walking route across the heart of Scotland.) A list of other museums and events is at Festivalofmuseums.com/events. ​

Rendez-vous aux Jardins, France​

Attention garden lovers: More than 2,000 gardens (including historic, contemporary and vegetable gardens, according to the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau) will be open to the public during this three-day festival from June 1 to 3. There will also be exhibitions, lectures and concerts, along with opportunities to mingle with the country's gardeners, landscapers and botanists. As part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage, 2018 marks the first time that the Rendez-vous will take place in other countries as well, including Germany, Croatia, Spain, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Monaco, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and in regions like Wallonia (Belgium) and the Canton of Vaud (Switzerland). Details: Rendezvousauxjardins.culturecommunication.gouv.fr.

The Inteatro Festival, Italy

Founded in 1977, this annual festival (this year, from June 22 to July 1) takes place in Polverigi and Ancona near the Adriatic Sea (about a two-hour and 20 minute drive from Bologna). This year there will be some two dozen shows, all of which will touch on themes involving identity and transformation. Performances and information: Inteatro.it.

National Heritage Week, Ireland

​​Throughout the country, activities big and small (tours, talks, demonstrations), will be offered (many for free) from Aug. 18 to 26. There will also be exhibitions, like " My Friend Picasso: 125 Photographs by Edward Quinn," featuring photographs of Picasso and his work on the Côte d'Azur in the 1950s and 60s, by Quinn, an Irish-born photographer, whose works will be on display for the first time in Kildare County, Ireland, at Castletown House (on exhibition before and after Heritage Week, May 14 through Sept. 2). Events will be posted at Heritageweek.ie.

​Heritage Open Days, England

Billed as England's "largest grass roots heritage festival involving over 40,000 volunteers and 5,000 events," this annual countrywide event is an opportunity for people to visit museums and monuments and buildings, especially those that are typically closed to the public - all for free. The festival (Sept. 6 to 9, and Sept. 13 through 16) has been steadily growing and this year, for the first time, it will take place over two weekends. Details: Heritageopendays.org.uk.

The Years of Disarray/Between Anxiety and Delight: The Birth of the Modern Central European Citizen 1908-1928, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary

This exhibition will explore the conditions that lead to the birth of modern art in what the countries refer to as "the successor states of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire." The exhibition aims to examine how human individuality was affected by World War I, and will be shown at the Olomouc Museum of Art in the Czech Republic from Sept. 20 through Jan. 27, 2019. It will also be shown in the future at the International Centre in Kraków, Bratislava City Gallery in Slovakia and the Janus Pannonius Múzeum Pécs in Hungary.

Want to find out what's going on in the places you're planning to visit? More events and information about the European Year of Cultural Heritage can be found at Europa.eu/cultural-heritage/european-year-cultural-heritage_en.

Stephanie Rosenbloom writes the Getaway column for the Travel section, as well as features about solo travel and notable destinations. Over the years, she has had beats in the Business, Styles, Real Estate and Metro sections.

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