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Lobcity

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What are the reasons for the decline of the Post-War Organized Labor?

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Explain the consequences of the New Deal that was created subsequent to the Great Depression.



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Answer to Question 1

Several significant issues and trends combined to cause the gradual decline of organized labor in America. Incidents like violation of gentlemen's agreement by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, with the Roosevelt Administration during WWII. The belief of Critics, that the combined American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) had grown far too powerful. Resistance, by so-called Red Hunters as the infamous Senator Joseph McCarthy, to perceived Communist influences in large unions at the advent of Cold War. Similarly, alleged organized-crime ties of other huge unions attracted the attention and wrath of politicians and government.

Answer to Question 2

The Great Depression and the subsequent New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt resulted in the enactment of the major federal employment and labor laws.
These statutes include:
 The Social Security Act (1935)
 The National Labor Relations Act (1935)
 The Walsh-Healy Act (1936)
 The Merchant Marine (Jones) Act (1936)
 The Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)
These laws continue to govern the fundamental features of the employment relationship and unionization even today



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