Unions were created to keep businesses from exploiting and mistreating the workforce. The unions took off because there were not effective laws in place to prevent poor labor practices. The first public union in the US, the Post Office, formed about 10 years after private sector unions started taking off. The first teacher’s union, the American Federation of Teachers, formed about 10 years after the postal workers. The government finally stepped up and started creating laws protecting workers in the late 30’s with the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Since then, there have been plenty of laws and…

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