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ONE BIG UNION
Begun in 1919, the movement for One Big Union highlights the early conflicts within the trade union movement over how unions should be structured. There was disagreement over whether unions should be based on craft groups (see craft unions), the dominant model in 1919, or should be based on entire industries (industrial unions). The One Big Union movement supported the second of these models and was successful in getting thousands of workers to join. See: SYNDICALISM / .

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