This Union Cause

Presents the problems of labor since it early organization in the United States. Emphasizes the secret meetings in New York in 1830 as the unions work toward the right to organize, for a 10-hour workday, and to end child labor. Discusses the Murrey-Hill agreement, the first national contract establishing the 9-hour day, and the time the unions first obtained the legal right to negotiate., Presents the problems of labor since it early organization in the United States. Emphasizes the secret meetings in New York in 1830 as the unions work toward the right to organize, for a 10-hour workday, and to end child labor. Discusses the Murrey-Hill agreement, the first national contract establishing the 9-hour day, and the time the unions first obtained the legal right to negotiate.