How did labor unions fare during the 1930s?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. At the onset of the depression, the labor movement was weak and largely confined to skilled workers.
2. John L. Lewis took the lead in forming mass unions with his formation of the Congress of
Industrial Organizations (CIO).
3. Lewis scored important victories in the automobile and steel industries.
4. The CIO brought unskilled workers, women, and African Americans into the labor movement.
5. Despite important gains and the passage of the Wagner Act, only 28 percent of all Americans belonged to unions by 1940.
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