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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums50 Years Ago, JFK Opened Door for Federal Employees to Join Unions
http://blog.aflcio.org/2012/01/17/50-years-ago-jfk-opened-door-for-federal-employees-to-join-unions/
by Tula Connell, Jan 17, 2012
Fifty years ago today, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order opening the door for 2 million federal employees to join unions. His action set the
stage for expanding these rights under Presidents Nixon, Ford and Cartera
bipartisan recognition that federal employees should have a voice on the job.
Executive Order 10988 might be the least known of the string of significant events that made the 1960s such crucial years in American history, writes Georgetown University History Prof. Joseph McCartinbut it contributed to a wave of public-sector unionization grew tenfold between 1955 and 1975, topping four million
by the early 1970s.
Its fitting that on this key anniversary, when we acknowledge the decades-long efforts of public employees to work for passage of laws such as EO 10988, that public employees and workers across Wisconsin have today sent a strong signal that they will never give up the struggle for their rights to bargain collecitvely for a middle class life.
Read McCartins full op-ed here: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-mccartin-unions-20120117,0,2527319.story
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50 Years Ago, JFK Opened Door for Federal Employees to Join Unions (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Jan 2012
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. An important achievement often overlooked.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)2. Kick for those who like to know how we should proceed...
Unionized labor IS Democracy.
lovuian
(19,362 posts)3. Yes the government workers are under a union
of which they want to get rid of
and steal their pensions