Importance of Joining Labor Unions to Fight for Better Working Conditions

Knights of Labor
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Introduction
The Knights of Labor was a labor organization founded in the year 1869. The organization comprised of the skilled and unskilled workers. The workers were advocating for better working conditions. The organizers were looking forward to a time when men and women of different race and faith would be treated equally. They had already recognized that there was a huge problem in the way workers were being treated at their workplaces. It is important for workers to join labor unions because it is the only way in which they can be able to fight for better working conditions.
Labor Unions
Most workers in the world today are treated with respect by their employees. What they may not know is that the freedom they enjoy was fought for by few men and women. Only those that were willing to endure hardships joined in the fight for freedom (Palermo, 2013). They no longer ate when they felt the urge for food but when they had time and the food was available. According to them, the scriptures would guide them on what to do. The members of the organization were supposed to adhere strictly to what was written in the scriptures. For instance, it is written that every man should be willing to work and sweat for him to attain wealth.
It is also written that no man was supposed to take advantage of the other even when they found the others weak. However, the nonmembers of the organization at the time were greedy and violated the rights of others due to their own interest. For, that reason those in the organization recognized that they had rights to fight for. Additionally, their fellow men and women depended on them for freedom...