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Throughout the 1930s blue-collar workers united against the harsh conditions imposed by the corporate giants and walked off their jobs. The common man, spurred on by increasingly powerful unions, believed that bringing production to a halt in the factories or on the docks was the only way he could effectively fight for a better working environment. Furthermore, workers struck even though they faced unemployment or blacklisting and risked injury at the hands of procompany police officers and strikebreakers. Workers had much to lose by striking, and many paid the price with their lives or by spilling blood for the cause. However, in an overall sense, workers made tremendous gains by organizing and putting their newfound power to the test. Unions, with the assistance of the federal government, consistently won collective bargaining agreements with the giant corporations, which improved the standard of living for...
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