Week 14: Forum Discussion History Coursework Paper

The Impact of the No-Strike Pledge
Immediately following Pearl Harbor, the labor movement made an unconditional "no-strike pledge" to help win the war. In turn, unions won some important concessions from the federal government. Some who believed that labor had given up too much responded with "wildcat" (unauthorized) strikes. Others moved to reconsider the no-strike pledge. In 1942 members of the Michigan CIO endorsed the no-strike pledge, but employer attacks on wages the following year caused them to reevaluate. At the 1943 annual meeting, CIO delegates debated and passed a resolution recommending that "unless the assurances that were made to labor at the time we gave up our right to strike were honored, the pledge should be nullified."
After reading the assigned chapter in the textbook and "World War II," which includes material on the Michigan CIO debate, respond to the following:
If you were an AFL or CIO union leader during World War II, would you have supported or opposed the no-strike pledge? Please provide the reasons for your position.
Based on the outcome of the 1945/1946 strike wave, do you think the no-strike pledge weakened or strengthened the labor movement?
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