Child labor, long working hours and a lack of weekends are some of the conditions that led to the labor movement of the 19th and 20th centuries. As many workers enjoy the Labor Day 2015 holiday, many of those conditions -- like this example of child labor in 1890 -- no longer exist, and organized labor is losing members. Is the labor movement dead? Click through the gallery to learn more.
Is the labor movement dead? —
Child labor, long working hours and a lack of weekends are some of the conditions that led to the labor movement of the 19th and 20th centuries. As many workers enjoy the Labor Day 2015 holiday, many of those conditions -- like this example of child labor in 1890 -- no longer exist, and organized labor is losing members. Is the labor movement dead? Click through the gallery to learn more.
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The "Fight for 15" movement has union organizers, fast food workers and others protesting to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. These demonstrators in Miami were part of a national protest April 15.
A living wage —
The "Fight for 15" movement has union organizers, fast food workers and others protesting to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. These demonstrators in Miami were part of a national protest April 15.
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Angry that employees at Walmart and other retailers have to work on Thanksgiving, people have started protesting at stores over the holiday weekend. Outside this Los Angeles Walmart, a dinner table was set with photos of Walmart workers who had to work on Thanksgiving, according to protest organizers.
Thanksgiving protests —
Angry that employees at Walmart and other retailers have to work on Thanksgiving, people have started protesting at stores over the holiday weekend. Outside this Los Angeles Walmart, a dinner table was set with photos of Walmart workers who had to work on Thanksgiving, according to protest organizers.
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Members of the Black Lives Matter movement, who connect the issues of racial justice and economic equality, attended a news conference at which Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed a minimum wage increase into law in June. <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2015%2F06%2F10%2Fus%2Flos-angeles-ezell-ford-case%2F">Ezell Ford, who was killed by Los Angeles police in 2014</a>, "would have wanted a living wage," reads one sign.
#BlackWorkMatters —
Members of the Black Lives Matter movement, who connect the issues of racial justice and economic equality, attended a news conference at which Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed a minimum wage increase into law in June. Ezell Ford, who was killed by Los Angeles police in 2014, "would have wanted a living wage," reads one sign.
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A complicated August 27 decision by the <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nlrb.gov%2Fnews-outreach%2Fnews-story%2Fboard-issues-decision-browning-ferris-industries" target="_blank" target="_blank">National Labor Relations Board</a> may open the floodgates to organizing by employees at franchise businesses. That means that although the McDonald's parent company doesn't own most of the restaurants bearing its name, it may have to work with franchise owners if a union comes calling.
Will McDonald's be forced to negotiate? —
A complicated August 27 decision by the National Labor Relations Board may open the floodgates to organizing by employees at franchise businesses. That means that although the McDonald's parent company doesn't own most of the restaurants bearing its name, it may have to work with franchise owners if a union comes calling.
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It's been 25 years since flight attendants persuaded Congress to ban smoking on most domestic flights, but they've been fighting to keep knives off planes (successfully) and are still calling for more research on "bleed air" in airplanes.
Safety in the air —
It's been 25 years since flight attendants persuaded Congress to ban smoking on most domestic flights, but they've been fighting to keep knives off planes (successfully) and are still calling for more research on "bleed air" in airplanes.
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