The Rise of Labor Unions Reel 2 · Part 1

Description

This film examines the development of labor unions in the U.S. Part I begins with a description of social conditions in the U.S. after World War I, then covers the Depression, and Roosevelt and the National Recovery Administration (NRA) as it worked to organize the auto industry. Part I also contains scenes of the coal miners' struggle to form unions, Samuel Gompers and John L. Lewis. Part II covers the 1937 strike at General Motors and the results of the strike, the growth of unions in other industries, the mechanization of coal mines, racial factors, union problems, and the future of unions.

Collection

Records of the Central Intelligence Agency

Series

Moving Images Relating to Intelligence and International Relations