During the early parts of the industrial revolution, the concept of unions was developed. People were working in the farmlands at the time and left farming to work for employers for low wages and horrible work environments. This occurred when the labor union was first developed due to the conditions of the workplace were not desirable. The union's main agenda was to fight for power of the employers and the low ranking employees in the …showed first 75 words of 972 total…

…showed last 75 words of 972 total…help of the unions. Global and International Unions could be outdated and fade into history but it will be a long time before that happens. References: Encyclopedia: Labor Union. (May 2003). Retrieved May 24, 2005 from http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Labor-union. Lawrence Mishel. (August 2003). How unions help all workers. Retrieved May 24, 2005 from http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/briefingpapers_bp143. International Brotherhood of Teamsters. (n.d.). Retrieved May 24, 2005 from http://www.teamster.org/about/structure/structure.htm.