In 1929, the United States stock market suffered a catastrophic crash. In response to this, Teamster Unions embraced President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He fought for working class families, and he relied plenty on U.S labor leaders, especially Tobin. As banks collapsed, unemployment rates went from three percent too twenty-five. In 1933 the IBT hit an all time membership low of 75,000 (2). In order to recover from the crash, Roosevelt established minimum wages, and labor hours were reduced in order open up work opportunities for the unemployed. Roosevelt's efforts eventually raised the Teamsters membership to 146,000. Roosevelt also started the National Labor Relations act. It stated in law, "The workers' right to collective bargaining and protected them from management interference or intimidation aimed at union activity (4)." As the depression slowly diminished the United States found

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