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Unions
1982 Poland bans Solidarity and all labor unions

1978 U.S. Postal Service and unions agree on a contract averting mail strike

1963 SVB, Students Unions, established under Barrel Regtien

1962 U.S. unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week

1955 West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages

1955 U.S. federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO

1947 Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions

1945 World Federation of Trade Unions forms; CIO a member

1944 Bishop forbids membership in non Catholic unions

1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions

1933 In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions

1933 Dutch bishops forbid membership in non-catholic unions

1932 Dutch textile strike broken by trade unions

1932 U.S. railway unions accept 10% wage reduction

1926 Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions

1924 Unions terminate Twentse textile strike

1916 Bishop speak against Catholics in trade unions

1912 Pius X encyclical Singular quadam, against interconfess unions

1911 Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Unions form Western Canada Rugby Football Union

1886 American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president

1883 1st state labor union legislation; New Jersey legalizes unions

1862 Excelsiors defeat Unions of Morrisania 13-9



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