From 1965, the new wave of immigrants from Asia increased labour divisions - bargaining

From the 1960s, the close association between organised labour and the Democrat Party was weakening, so union power was taken over by the War on Poverty and the Vietnam War

Civil Rights Act (1964) – made discrimination on the basis of race illegal, so helped minorities when applying for jobs as well as women

Even though President Johnson’s Great Society helped some poor inner-city minorities, this did not help minorities across the whole country and was damaged by the Vietnam War

Although AFL-CIO, by 1969 many affiliated unions still discriminated against minorities and they found it hard to be accepted into craft unions

President Kennedy’s Commission on the Status of Women, which reported in 1963, recommended fair hiring practises

Equal Pay Act (1963) – made discrimination on the basis of gender illegal and established the idea of equal pay for equal work

In 1967, President Lyndon Johnson expanded affirmative action in the federal government to include women

By 1969, federal funding provided an incentive for some employers to adopt equal pay

In the 1950s and 1960s, “new” feminism emerged, which particularly aimed to gain equal pay for women

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1964) – made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of age and to specify age preferences in job advertisements - pay/cond

President Nixon’s Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970) – introduced health and safety requirements for the workplace

By 1960, due to the formation of AFL-CIO, unions were more successful in bargaining over wage rates and working conditions