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Fearing limited power, laborers of all types and skill levels joined together in groups, known as labor unions, to attempt to improve their unsafe working conditions, hours, and salary. ...
As several unions began to form, the workers began to fight for better pay and working conditions. Many unions broke into smaller local unions. In 1869, Uriah Stephens, a member of the National Labor Union (NLU), organized the Noble Order of the Knights of Labor. ... Many different types of labor unions were born and many people began to fight for labor improvements.
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