TRADE UNIONS IN U.S.A.
RISE IN MEMBERSHIP (Rec. 1.15 p.m.) Washington, Aug. 10. The Twentieth Century Fund released a survey of major United States industries, revealing that during the first five years of the New Deal trade union membership rose from 3,000,000 to 8,000,000 and has now reached an all-time high level of 11,000.000. However, despite the spectacular progress of collective bargaining nearly 30,000.000 American wage earners are not members of trade unions.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 11 August 1942, Page 2
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