The first three years of the Great Depression was a nightmare for …show more content…
Programs became to develop which supported the causes of these unions and organizations. Harry Hopkins Works Progress Association (WPA) was one of the most important programs during the Great Depression. This association organized unions and demanded higher wages for their workers just like the other movements that have occurred. Roosevelt even supported the WPA wages to set a level right below private sector jobs, which was still better than the workers previous wages. Since there was strong support for this program, approximately eight million people became employed by the early 1940s because of this agency (Rosenzweig,