So you mention that the workers became disillusioned with the Unions and they lost support and membership, but a pro-labor governor was elected and the Wagner act was both passed and enforced effectively. How did this happen? Was it because of broader public sympathy for the plight of the workers or did they push for political and legal intervention effectively in mass even without the Union organization? Or were there underground unions so to speak?
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Reply to An essay on The Harlan County War by BonesOfTheWaywardSon
So you mention that the workers became disillusioned with the Unions and they lost support and membership, but a pro-labor governor was elected and the Wagner act was both passed and enforced effectively. How did this happen? Was it because of broader public sympathy for the plight of the workers or did they push for political and legal intervention effectively in mass even without the Union organization? Or were there underground unions so to speak?