RobertBuzzanco-TheStruggleForAmerica-NunnMcginty(2019)

FDR, New Deals, and the Limits of Power 207 larger movement—an attempt to organized unskilled workers in mass indus- tries like ...

208 ChaPter^4 Congressmen introduced new anti-labor laws and all over “labor’s allies were on weaker ground than their opponents ...

FDR, New Deals, and the Limits of Power 209 particular, a congressional committee headed by Texas Representative Martin Dies—the ...

210 ChaPter^4 tive AFL, and of course corporations all, to varying degrees, limited the impact of the new law. Ultimately, throu ...

FDR, New Deals, and the Limits of Power 211 as a green light for organizing. Employers, however, did not view it the same way, s ...

212 ChaPter^4 plants organized 100 percent and production cannot be resumed without them. If the workers win it will be the begi ...

FDR, New Deals, and the Limits of Power 213 18 th when ranchers organized a caravan of 30 cars to invade a union meeting in Pixl ...

214 ChaPter^4 $10 million in dairy products due to the protests and class resentment in Wisconsin was higher than ever. While FD ...

FDR, New Deals, and the Limits of Power 215 and shotguns to break up a strike by workers of the Kohler Company, in Kohler, Wisco ...

216 ChaPter^4 ers. The Governor sent 1700 National Guardsmen in to the ports to restore order—meaning to stop the strike—and the ...

FDR, New Deals, and the Limits of Power 217 textiles workers, branded “Communist” by many employers, were afraid to join unions ...

218 ChaPter^4 trying to make. On January 29th, 1936, over 2500 Firestone workers struck, aided by the CIO, and the bosses retrea ...

FDR, New Deals, and the Limits of Power 219 the group responsible for unionizing workers, committed $750,000 for union organizin ...

220 ChaPter^4 if they let you take it. There were no breaks in an eight- or 10-hour day and half a day on Saturday,” the mill ha ...

FDR, New Deals, and the Limits of Power 221 ment in CIO-UAW success. Ultimately, events in Flint turned violent. Company police ...

222 ChaPter^4 Workers Union Local 24 and affiliated with the CIO. Industry, however, still fought against the unions, leading to ...

FDR, New Deals, and the Limits of Power 223 and higher wages and better working conditions, inside the capitalist system. While ...

224 ChaPter^4 during the 1931 season. They were simply abusing the land by overplowing in order to grow more crops and, in turn, ...

FDR, New Deals, and the Limits of Power 225 Americans, from FDR to the common man and woman, understood that the disaster was in ...

226 ChaPter^4 AAA disproportionately favored large farm owners [and much of the land was owned by out-of-state, and often easter ...