The industrialization of America gave rise to a new and powerful class of business owners. The rise of power also lead to the abuse of power. Labor Unions formed in desperate efforts to change working conditions under the rule of the higher class. Public and government support was not behind these unions because the ideas they strived for seemed to be in direct contradiction to the traditional perspective of the American Dream.
Labor Unions viewed many practices of their employers to be unjust. They saw with their own eyes the excessive wealth and leisure of the upper class that resulted from their daily toil of at least ten hours of hard labor. Their own fruits of their labor amounted to barely enough to survive until the next paycheck. Even with these hours and wages many of them were perpetually in debt and went without some necessities. These abuses were targeted by the demand for a minimum (livable) wage law and the work day to be mandated to eight hours. With these demands......
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