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Labor setbacks after World War I and Taft-Hartley era echoes
The piece traces postwar union gains under John L. Lewis, the Taft-Hartley act aims, and 1919 strikes that stirred employer alarm. It notes 1918 to 1920 union growth, high unemployment, and the failed steel and Seattle campaigns, followed by Wilson’s 1919 labor conference and its collapse over the right to organize and bargain collectively.
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John L. Lewis
Inbor
Seattle
Wilson
Samuel Gombpers
AFL