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What are the similaries and differences between a craft union and an industrial union?

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Craft unionism refers to an approach to union organizing that seeks to unify workers in a particular industry along lines of the particular craft of trade that they work in. it contrasts with industrial unionism, in which all workers in the same industry are organized into the same union, regardless of differences in skill

Craft unions - organizations of workers with similar skills

Industrial unions - are organized by industry

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