Teamsters
In the year 1903, jobs were scarce and insecure. An average worker worked between twelve and eight-teen hours per day, for an income of or around two dollars each day (4). Workers were not only expected to accomplish there given tasks, but to take responsibility for any damages to the product they were producing. There was no insurance in case one was injured on the job and could not return to work. In this case, the injured worker would be out of a job. It is because of these horrible working conditions that teamster unions formed to protect themselves from these liabilities that employers were holding them accountable for. These unions caught the interest of the American Federation of Labor. Leader of the group, Samuel Gompers, called on several local workers to create a National Teamster Union. By the end of the next year, the Team Drivers International Union (TDIU) was formed. Fr
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Approximate Word count = 605
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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