I don’t have to read what someone else did...I went out and got the facts myself and have written extensively on what I’ve found.
And if you too can’t or won’t do that, then there’s no sense in having a discussion with you since you want to stay deluded and mired into false flags.
Yes, UNIONS, there were UNIONS in the north as far back as 1826. And YES, I know they had lowered the tariffs in an attempt to win back the south, but by that time they were just a little TOO LATE! Nobody was buying their BS! And NO, it’s not a myth, much to your chagrin, of course. I’d be willing to bet you never read a blasted thing about what lead up to the civil war and barely know what you’re talking about.
There were trade unions in the 1790’s. Printers were the first to go on strike - in New York in 1794; cabinet makers struck in 1796; carpenters in Philadelphia in 1797; and cordwainers (shoemakers) in 1799.
The Nation Labor Union, (actually a federation- an organization of local unions) formed in 1866. The NLU eventually persuaded Congress to pass an eight hour day for Federal workers. Never very strong, it was a casualty of the sweeping economic depression of 1873.
(http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Eco_Unionization.htm)
So, yes I know about trade unions in early America (although I did have to refresh my memory about specifics), but I don’t see where they had much of any influence until around 1894 at the earliest when the American Railroad Union struck the Pullman Company.
I would be interested in learning specifically where and how any trade unions had any appreciable impact on production and trade in pre-1860’s America.
Dear diary...
I'd be willing to be the same about you where the first part of that sentence it concerned. You've already proven the second part.