Francis Cabot Lowell's textile mill at Waltham, Massachusetts, gave rise to the first labor unions in the United States.
<h3>What are labor unions?</h3>
Since the National Labor Relations Act was implemented in 1935, labor unions have been acknowledged by US labor law as organizations that represent employees in a variety of industries. Currently, they concentrate their efforts on collectively bargaining for pay, benefits, and working conditions on behalf of their membership and representing their members in disputes with management over claimed violations of contract clauses. Larger trade unions usually take part in lobbying and electioneering activities on the state and federal levels. The majority of unions in the United States are connected with the AFL-CIO, which was established in 1955, and the Change to Win Federation (now known as the Strategic Organizing Center), which split from the AFL-CIO in 2005.
My position on the draft is in favor, because I support the idea that military service should be voluntary.
Military service should be voluntary because when it becomes a draft, it ends up violating basic civil rights. For example, some people are radical pacifists, and their pacifism is an intimate part of who they are. If these people were drafted, their right to believe in something would be violated.
Voluntary service is without a doubt more just than required military service. Voluntary service does not violate any civil rights, and it may even result in a better military because only those who want to be part of the armed forces end up being recruited.
