How was labor affected by the Depression?

Answer 1

During the Depression, businesses such as the Railroad Industry were gaining less money, making them have to cut wages for their business employees. On top of harsh factory conditions, the factory workers couldn't stand for the inhumane treatment. They formed Unions, which fought for better working conditions. Strikes broke out, causing employers to put lockouts into effect. Workers were replaced with scabs, which are people who replace the real workers during a strike. Employees lost their jobs, or were forced to sign a yellow dog contract, which stated that if they were to come back to work for a specific business, they would have to give up any sort of affiliation with a Union. Some employees were blacklisted, meaning their names were spread around to other Industries by employers, stating that they were part of a Union. This would make it near impossible to ever find work again. On top of this, all of this employees were immigrants that were deskilled, making it easy to replace this workers.