The FDR admin was pretty helpful. Union membership was declining during the Great Depression until the admin started implementing labor and union-friendly policies. Wouldn’t have happened without organization and all that either, of course. Even the NLB under Biden was marginally helpful. I mean, the politicians obviously won’t want to overthrow the system or anything like that, and a lot of the reforms could be seen as a way to save capitalism from itself.
It’s important to contextualize that the concessions of the FDR period were a response to better working conditions in the soviet union. This was a calculated move not to help workers, but protect capital.
The FDR admin was pretty helpful. Union membership was declining during the Great Depression until the admin started implementing labor and union-friendly policies. Wouldn’t have happened without organization and all that either, of course. Even the NLB under Biden was marginally helpful. I mean, the politicians obviously won’t want to overthrow the system or anything like that, and a lot of the reforms could be seen as a way to save capitalism from itself.
It’s important to contextualize that the concessions of the FDR period were a response to better working conditions in the soviet union. This was a calculated move not to help workers, but protect capital.