ILRLR 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Industrial Unionism, Executive Order 8802, Axis Powers

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Labor and capital in the new deal part iv: Due to exclusionary practices (both explicit and implicit), blacks benefited little from the. New deal policies (eg. agriculture and domestic services - both heavily black occupations - were exempt from minimum wage laws and other protections) To aid those who need assistance and created old-age programs. Wpa jobs could only go to someone who was already in the labor force. Only 1 household member could have a wpa job and that person had to demonstrate he was the principal breadwinner. Most wpa jobs were heavy construction jobs (building roads, bridges, hospitals, etc. ) Program was administered at the state level. The cio represented a new kind of industrial unionism on a larger scale. The flint strike of 1936-37 showed the power of industrial unions. Women formed an important, but temporary, part of the skilled industrial workforce.

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