On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 22:11:58 -0400 "Marvin Gandall" <marvgandall at rogers.com> writes:
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> I don't know of any tendency on the left in the 30s which opposed
> passage of the Wagner Act, do you?
Actually there was a bit of opposition. For example, the Progressive Mine Workers of America, an alternative coal mining union formed in Illinois in 1932, viewed J.L. Lewis' promise of industrial peace in exchange for the right to organize an untenable bargain.
Staughton Lynd's "We Are All Leaders: The Alternative Unionism of the Early 1930's." describes why and how a number of unions and worker formations took issue with the Wagner Act.
Overall though, the Wagner Act was widely viewed as a major victory by workers and unions.
Greg Boozell gboozell at juno.com