The first U.S.unions were:

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The first U.S. unions were craft unions, which represented workers in a specific trade or craft, such as carpentry, printing or shoemaking. These unions typically had a closed-shop policy, meaning that employers could only hire union members, and used collective bargaining to negotiate for better wages and working conditions for their members. Union shops and agency shops are types of union security agreements that were developed later in the history of the labor movement.

The First U.S.unions Were