Gompers-Lewis

organization or association of wage earners who join together to

advance their common interests. It more broadly applies,

however, to any association of workers by geographical area,

trade or industry, or any other factor. While labor unions have

been the almost exclusive center of the modern labor movement in

the United States, in Western Europe, and in many other

countries, the term labor movement has come to embrace

labor-oriented political parties as well as labor unions,

usually combined in a loose alliance.” (Flagger, 2)

Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the ups

and downs of the business cycle have influenced labor movements

in the United States. The expansion of economic activity --

bringing with it growth in the demand for labor -- creates

conditions favorable to union organization and to demands of

wage earners for improved living standards. Correspondingly,

significant economic decline weakens the position of workers and

labor unions and often leads to a greater emphasis on government

Generally, American unions had their greatest successes

among blue-collar, or manual, workers, especially in the gr

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