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How did US Labour Movement change in the period 1945-60? This essay examines the changes that took place in the period 1945 to 1960. Many of these changes were brought about not by the unions themselves but by external factors. American culture espouses the cult of individuality and the US labour movement without the socialist or social Democratic background of europe was more prone to the influence of economics, politics and social opinion. Economically this essay will show that as industry changed the unions changed likewise and union membership reflected the changing job market. Politically the unions with no strong political party affiliations [unlike British trade unions and Labour party] were at the mercy of public opinion and bandwagon politics as will be seen with the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947. Finally this essay will examine the increasing role of women and ethnic minorities in trade union membership and argues that their increased influence was in spite of and not because...

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