HISTORY 124A Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: National Industrial Recovery Act, Civilian Conservation Corps, Federal Housing Administration
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Essay 2 due tuesday, 11/22/2016 anytime on bcourses. Final exam date: wednesday dec. 14th 7-10pm. Workers: 1870-1920s ethnic banks, mutual benefit societies, ethnic grocery stores, ethnic radio programs and movies, 1919 strike wave. Unions shun blacks and blacks are used to break strikes: 1919 unions weak, hardly any union membership, 1920s welfare capitalism. Under welfare capitalism, companies offered pensions, life insurance, recreational activities, and other perks to persuade workers that there was no need to join a union: 1930s depression. Many ethnic banks and mutual benefit societies fail. Ethnic grocery stores also fail and big companies like. Ethnic radio programs declines and big networks take over. Many companies can no longer supply their promised welfare benefits, yet employees still want them and began demanding them from the government. Ethnic neighborhood grocery store commonly patronized by the working class in the 1920s. 1932 norris-la guardia act severely limited the use of injunctions against unions.
