Professor of history Gary Gerstle talks about the rise of organized labor in the 1930's, when the Great Depression cost millions of Americans their jobs. He explains that, in 1935, President Roosevelt engineered two of the most important pieces of l...
World War II creates a serious labor shortage as the armed forces take more than 15 million men and women from the civilian workforce. This shortage of manpower solidifies the position of labor unions. Although labor unions pledge not to strike if a...