HISTORY 124A Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Korematsu V. United States, Francis Biddle, Western Defense Command
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1940-42 workers walk out of an allis-chalmers plant in milwaukee just as the company receives a million contract to build turbines for navy destroyers. 1941, june workers strike at the north american aviation plant in. The strike threatened to stall 25% of fighter aircraft production. The army seized the plants and canceled occupational deferments. 1941 some 2 million workers stage more than 4,000 strikes. 1941, april ford finally recognizes the united auto workers (uaw) 1941, dec after pearl harbor, all the major unions issue no-strike pledges, though numerous walkouts still occur. 1944 montgomery ward defies a pro-union government order so the army seizes his headquarters and physically evicts its president, To solve these labor problems, the federal government instituted three major policies: 1942, april general maximum price regulation aka general. Capped prices on consumer goods: 1942, june the maintenance-of-membership rule.
