Timeline 1838-1890 Archives - Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service https://www.fmcs.gov/category/timeline-1838-1890/ HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:20:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 1838 https://www.fmcs.gov/1838/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:00:06 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12128 President Martin Van Buren facilitates a settlement of a strike by shipyard workers, the first government mediated labor settlement in America.

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]]> 1840 https://www.fmcs.gov/1840/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 13:00:12 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12133 President Martin Van Buren signs an Executive Order providing a 10-hour workday for employees on federal public works projects.

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]]> 1860 https://www.fmcs.gov/1860/ Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:00:02 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12138 Movement toward building a national coalition of workers’ unions begins with the National Labor Union.

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]]> 1891 https://www.fmcs.gov/1891/ Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:00:38 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12155 The term “collective bargaining” is first used by Mrs. Sidney Webb, a British labor historian.

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]]> 1894 https://www.fmcs.gov/1894/ Wed, 17 Jun 2015 10:00:21 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12158 The first strike with national impact occurs as the American Railway Union launches a sympathy strike with striking workers of the Pullman Company

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