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Article: LABOR MOVEMENT ADJUSTS WITH TIMES, SHOWS SIGNS OF REVIVAL.(NEWS)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- September 11, 1997
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Byline: Allan Winkler
The American labor movement bears watching these days.
Over the past few decades, as the economy has changed, and the nation has witnessed a continuing shift to service sector jobs, the labor movement that came to maturity in the 1930s and 1940s has fallen on hard times.
In the 1980s and 1990s, American workers struggled to hold on to gains realized in the years after World War II. All too often, they were unsuccessful in that effort. Now, near the end of the 1990s, that pattern may be beginning to change. The Teamsters' victory in the recent United Parcel Service strike is but one indication of revival that may be taking ...