Abstract
Abstract Three chapters in this book are devoted to analyzing US struggles related to class inequality. This chapter discusses the 1945–1969 period, during which social conflicts contributed to significant progress toward greater equality. It focuses first on labor-management relations and then on contentions regarding federal programs to reduce poverty. Some corporate leaders viewed labor relations as a zero-sum circumstance, with gains by one side coming at the expense of the other. Union leaders and their supporters stressed the possible mutual benefits achievable through collective bargaining. Conflicts between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and automobile corporations are analyzed. Then the opposing forces during the War on Poverty are examined, considering the goals and means used by the contenders and the progress made to reduce poverty.
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