American workers reached a point where they finally decided to scream out what they had deserved, for so many years. Higher wages! Shorter workdays! Better working conditions! Finally in desperation the working people chose to put their liberties on the line in order to get their voices heard. They knew that the democratic institutions would be preserved and made to work if the democratic government was trying to prove a practical operation that was equal to the task of protecting the security of the American people. Union labors were willing to defend their rights at any cost. These were the demands they were longing to fight for because it was their right. America's powerful labor movements in the 1930's through the 1940's caused a shift to a Democratic State with the influence of President Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt brought an air of confidence and optimism that quickly brought Americans into the icon of his program known as the New Deal. The New Deal described programs of relief, recovery, and reform and moved towards a democratic industry. These new policies aimed to solve economic problems created by the depression of the 1930's with an alternative vision of a new order, however they overlooked the minority population of Mexican American and African Americans. .
The Great Depression began leaving millions jobless, business executives were seen as leaders and union members were referred to dangerous radicals. However this changed when Americans saw that these businesses could not beat out the depression and they started to favor the unions. In 1932 the Norris-La Guardia Act was passed in favor of labor unions. This act protected unions be decreasing management's ability to obtain a court injunction to stop union activities. Before this act, employers could easily get an injunction to stop strikes, picketing and membership drive. This was the start of a new democratic industry in which workers had a voice to speak their demands without fear.