Hey, this is Dylan from Studio D Podcast Production.

Sarah and Beth will be backing your feet on Wednesday,

but in observance of the Labor Day holiday,

we wanted to share one of our favorite episodes.

Five things you need to know about Labor Unions.

Enjoy!

This is Sarah Stewart Holland, and this is Beth Silverce.

Thank you for joining us for Pantsuit Politics.

Today, we're going to dive right into five things you need to know about modern

Labor Unions, and there is so much history to cover so much.

So let's start with number one.

The American Labor Movement sprang to life with industrialization

and resulted in many of the workplace protections we enjoy today.

For almost the first 100 years of the country's history,

you see very little union activity because the organization of labor

was more closely akin to European art guilds,

because most Americans still fed themselves directly

through their own labor on farms,

not by selling their labor in cities.

So labor in cities was still highly skilled.

It was performed by artisans who would form these small organizations.

Now, English common law at the time outlaws striking to raise wages.

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