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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union, the union now represents a diverse membership of blue- and white-collar workers in both the public and private sectors, totalling about 1.3 million members in 2015.
These children mainly worked in agriculture, home-based assembly operations, factories, mining and in services such as news boys. Some worked night shifts lasting 12 hours. With the rise of household income, availability of schools and passage of child labour laws, the incidence rates of child labour fell.
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Significant dates in labour history. June 01 - Matthew Woll died; the United Farm Workers conducted its first strike in 1966 in Texas ; the Cananea strike began in 1906 in Mexico June 02 - During the 1952 steel strike , the U.S. Supreme Court decided Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer ; the Child Labor Amendment was adopted by the U.S ...
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Significant dates in labour history. May 01 - In 1884 Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States. Two years later, in 1886, the general strike which eventually won the eight-hour workday in the United States, began.
Significant dates in labour history. January 01 - The 1966 New York City transit strike began; the United Transportation Union was founded; the Swedish Trade Union Confederation was founded; Union Network International was founded; the Workplace Relations Act 1996 entered into force in Australia
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Significant dates in labour history. March 01 - Joseph Curran was born; the S.S. California strike began in 1936 in the U.S. ; the South Korean railroad strike of 2006 began; the Australian Rail Tram and Bus Industry Union was founded; Tinos Rusere died; Clinton Jencks was born