HST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: National Labor Relations Act, Second New Deal, Share Our Wealth
Document Summary
Americans challenge the new deal from all sides by the end of 1934. Long polls better than 10% nationally for a presidential bid. National weekly radio program with a massive audience. Attacks wall street, demands a nationalized banking industry. Turns to anti-semitism and fascism by the late 1930"s. Creates the townsend old age revolving pension plan (1933) Americans over age 60 get /month upon retirement. Fdr begins a new wave of reforms in 1935. Reacting to popular discontent and demands for greater action. Employs more than 2 million people per year. National pension system, funded by taxes on workers and employers. Unemployment insurance and aid for people with disabilities. Excludes the majority of african americans and women in the labor force. Federal protection for the right to unionize and collective bargaining. Committee for industrial organization (cio) breaks in 1935. Strong conservative objections to the new deal emerge by 1934.
