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organized labor  

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  • Organized labor has given a voice to millions of American workers over the years. Though unions are mainly dedicated to improving wages and benefits for their own members, such gains routinely “spill over” to the rest of the labor force, setting higher standards and expectations that indirectly benefit many nonunion workers as well. [Source: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia; Organized Labor]

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