RISE OF INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM


In 1935 the citizens of the U.S. were still struggling to put together loss of due effects of the depression, leaving people to questioning the ideas of the American dream. Where what was once the land of hope and optimism became the land of despair. The American people were questioning all the maxims on which they had based their lives - democracy, capitalism, individualism. The economy during the depression had been significantly damaged, thus in 1935 and through out the 1930's economics dominated political discussion and policy. Commissions were set up to regulate Wall Street, the banking industry and other business enterprises. The U.S. became a nation of high expectation of government, in terms of control, insurance and welfare. Although more than any thing the citizens of the U.S. wanted change, change from what had brought them so much misery not to many years ago.

John L. Lewis, labor leader in the AFL in the 1935, sensed this need for......

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Title: U.S. Labor History-Rise Of Industrial Unionism
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