Chapter 3

World War II: Promises made, fulfilled, and then diluted

From: Law at Work

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This chapter looks at how labour policies changed during and after World War II, where many of the advances made by the working class were challenged in the 1930s. It also covers the many worker strikes in the twentieth century and how governments responded with new policies.

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Contributors

Harry Glasbeek

Harry Glasbeek is professor emeritus and Senior Scholar of Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. He has taught in both Australia and Canada and has written 140 articles and 12 books, including Between the Lines titles Wealth by Stealth: Corporate Crime, Corporate Law, and the Perversion of Democracy, Class Privilege: How Law Shelters Shareholders and Coddles Capitalism, and Capitalism: A Crime Story.