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By the fall of 1919, a series of strikes in the United States as unions attempted to gain higher wages to adjust for wartime inflation. Collective bargaining had long been viewed with suspicion by many Americans, whose suspicions were heightened by the worker revolution in Russia and efforts to spread communism throughout the Western world.

]]> 2017-12-01 16:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/owensf/cfhmw5ahf4s8/wish/212335027 owensf https://padlet.com/owensf/cfhmw5ahf4s8/wish/212336520 2017-12-01 16:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/owensf/cfhmw5ahf4s8/wish/212336520 owensf https://padlet.com/owensf/cfhmw5ahf4s8/wish/212336898  The Steel Strike of 1919 was one of those labor reform pushes that failed, but is remembered as one of the main struggles between workers and employers in the United States.]]> 2017-12-01 16:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/owensf/cfhmw5ahf4s8/wish/212336898 owensf https://padlet.com/owensf/cfhmw5ahf4s8/wish/212338276 2017-12-01 16:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/owensf/cfhmw5ahf4s8/wish/212338276 owensf https://padlet.com/owensf/cfhmw5ahf4s8/wish/212339632  April 1, 1922 the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) began a nationwide strike. W. J. Lester, the owner of the Southern Illinois Coal Company, operated a strip mine located about halfway between Herrin and Marion, Illinois ]]> 2017-12-01 16:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/owensf/cfhmw5ahf4s8/wish/212339632 owensf https://padlet.com/owensf/cfhmw5ahf4s8/wish/213374006 over wages, benefits, and working conditions for their membership, and on representing their members in disputes with management over violations of contract provisions. Union membership in the private sector has fallen under 7% — levels not seen since 1932. From a global perspective, the density in 2013 was 7.7% in France, 18.1% in Germany, 27.1% in Canada, and 85.5% in Iceland, which is currently highest in the world.^[]]> 2017-12-05 16:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/owensf/cfhmw5ahf4s8/wish/213374006 owensf https://padlet.com/owensf/cfhmw5ahf4s8/wish/213376495 2017-12-05 16:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/owensf/cfhmw5ahf4s8/wish/213376495 owensf https://padlet.com/owensf/cfhmw5ahf4s8/wish/213377077 2017-12-05 16:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/owensf/cfhmw5ahf4s8/wish/213377077