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The New Deal: Government Support for Labor

The New Deal: Government Support for Labor. FDR generally supported the labor movement and worked to change working conditions The Wagner Act Protected the rights of workers to join unions

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The New Deal: Government Support for Labor

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  1. The New Deal: Government Support for Labor

  2. FDR generally supported the labor movement and worked to change working conditions • The Wagner Act • Protected the rights of workers to join unions • Prohibited businesses from threatening workers, firing union members, and interfering with union organizing • The Fair Labor Standards Act • Set maximum work hours to 44 per week (later decreased to 40 • Set a minimum wage of 25 cents per hour • Set rules for the employment of workers under 16 and banned hazardous work for those under 18 • The thirties was still a tough time for labor • Many states did not support labor unions • The Great Depression made pressuring companies difficult • High unemployment meant that it was easy for companies to fire striking workers and hire new ones

  3. Guiding Question: Should the government have backed business or labor during the Great Depression? • Highlight or underline anything in Primary Source A that can help you answer the guiding question

  4. Guiding Question: Should the government have backed business or labor during the Great Depression? • Highlight or underline anything in Primary Source A that can help you answer the guiding question • Summarize what Primary Source A has to say about the guiding question.

  5. Guiding Question: Should the government have backed business or labor during the Great Depression? • Highlight or underline anything in Primary Source B that can help you answer the guiding question

  6. Guiding Question: Should the government have backed business or labor during the Great Depression? • Highlight or underline anything in Primary Source B that can help you answer the guiding question • Summarize what Primary Source B has to say about the guiding question

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