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what is the effect of telling this story in chronological order?
read the excerpt from "finding unity in the alabama coal
mines
the umwa's efforts were so successful that they influenced
practices in other trade unions as well. in 1901, arguments
raised by umwa members led to the repeal of
discriminatory practices at the birmingham trades council
the organization to which all unions in the city of birmingham
belonged
two years later, in 1903, the coal companies began to assert
significant power against the union, denying union contracts
and instituting policies of hiring only non-union employees. in
1908, under the auspices of the alabama coal operators
association, company owners voted to cut worker wages by
seventeen percent
it the reader understand how the umwa affected
labor movements through history,
it the reader understand how the umwa and the
coal companies began working toward the same goal
it the reader understand how the coal companies
responded to the repeal of discriminatory practices
it the reader understand how the coal companies
eventually started following nondiscriminatory practices
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