He treated them brutally, and horribly wrong.
Union strikes help management reevaluate salary rates and with negotiation and compromise, both management and employees can agree on a suitable and fair wage rates
The 21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment.
As the veterans came back, they returned to the workforce in large numbers to fight for jobs with existing workers who had entered the workforce during the war, unemployment shot up due to the limitation of jobs. The government wasn't worried about this, it was more worried about possible inflation.
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