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VIII. Organized Labor; Success on<br />

Production Front<br />

• Unions work with US Gov’t via no strike<br />

pledge<br />

• National War Labor Board (NWLB)<br />

mediate union/management conflicts<br />

• Union membership almost double<br />

• Strikes occur when NWLB limit raises<br />

• US Gov’t pass War Labor Disputes Act<br />

(1943)<br />

• Mass production achieve huge increase<br />

in key war products (planes, ships, etc.)<br />

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