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The Great Depression had a life-altering effect on the American worker. The economic crash forced companies to lay off millions, and by 1933 one-fourth to one-third of the labor force was out of work. The massive unemployment and general deterioration of working conditions led to labor unrest and a renewed interest in unionization. Strikes inevitably became labor's most useful weapon against the corporations. In 1934 alone a million and a half workers in different industries went on strike. Soon, major companies were completely disabled by the strikes. Unions used the advent of the sit-down strike to win major victories in the automobile, rubber, and steel industries. In a threeyear span from 1936 to 1939 American workers employed the sit-down strike 577 times.
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