How did the anti-communist sentiment of the post WWII era affect the labor movement of the US? (war, 60's)

[hack]

How did the anti-communist sentiment of the post WWII era affect the labor movement of the US?

[ulnevrwalkalone]

Originally Posted by hack

How did the anti-communist sentiment of the post WWII era affect the labor movement of the US?

I can only hope this is some kid who needs help on a term paper

[jtur88]

Well, a concise answer to the question does not immediately jump out at me. There were a lot of union shops after WWII that were not suspected at all of being Communist associated or infiltrated, but some were.

Americans were pretty unanimously in favor of supporting the war effort, and to have suggested otherwise after the war would not have been taken as anything but an affront to patriotic workers, who largely disregarded bargained agreements in order to get the war won.

This is off the top of my head, and don't ask me to back any of it up, but it's a starting point if this is to be a discussion.

[texdav]

Actually many labor unions were quick to jump on the anti-communist bandwagon. Then in the early 60's the senate investigation lead by senator bobby kennedy started hitting the union connections to oragnised crime which was basically who helped the unions with strong arm tactics in the union oragnizing of the 30's just before the wars. Oragnized crime of course was very anti-communst in their thinking which was why John Kennedy turned to them to kill Castro.Europe was a entirely different matter as unions went because it was ;for example mostly communist in France that were the resisitance to the Nazi's.

[teach1234]

This is question of very narrow slice. The labor unions in the 60s were shadows of the government. Now, if you are referring to beginnings of the Communist party and the actions of the government in the teens and twentys, that's history worth knowing.