There is always the possibility that he would have, yet there are reasons as to why he would not have been to enthusiastic in supporting it too strongly. One of these reasons is that Lincoln supported joining the South and the North as fast as possible to make the Reconstruction after the Civil War more smooth and faster. If he openly supported the rights of the Black people the South would not have supported him as much as they would if he had not done so. This would go against what Lincoln wanted the United States to do to heal, somethign that Lincoln's vice president also shared with him.
Labor unions were formed to push for "a. better working conditions" "d. eight-hour workdays" and "<span>f. demand for higher wages" since the Industrial Revolution had led to great mistreatment of workers. </span>
