ILRLR 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: National Labor Relations Act, United Automobile Workers, Underconsumption
27 Jun 2016
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Labor and capital in the new deal: part iii: The changing of the meaning of monopoly in the 1930"s: Bigness was once a moral issue - new dealers increasingly only saw it as an economic issue. From breaking up trusts because by definition big business was bad for social ethos. To regulating monopolies because of consumer interests. Economies of scale were good; mass production was efficient. Indirect support - knowing state would support labor in a dispute. John lewis pushes for expansion of industrial unionism: Conflict of trade unions at 1935 afl convention led to creation of the congress of industrial organizations (cio) in 1936. The uaw sit-down strikes of 1936-1937 in flint, mi. Goal was contract with entire company, not just shut down of one plant. Uaw is a viable union (membership grew from 30,000 to 500,000 in one year) Unionization spreads in auto (chrysler in 1937, ford in 1941)
