Labor in the U.S. from the 1920s to the 1950s

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"Union Organization During the Middle of the 20th Century


This paper will examine the organization of trade and labor unions during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. The discussion will concentrate on the rise in union organization and activity during the 1930s and the union activity during the 1940s.


In 1919, after the First World War, union activity in the United States reached a new peak, with 3600 strikes involving some 4 million workers, including some 300,000 steelworkers (Zieger, 1986, pp. 5-6). This represented 22% of the entire workforce and included a wide range of workers, from miners to policemen. Much of the worker unrest in the United States reflected the general unrest in the rest of the world at that time. Union leadership was buoyed by the Russian Revolution, which had occurred at the same time, and by the activities of the..."

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