La Follette Committee

Mohawk Valley Formula Exposed as Corporate Blueprint for Breaking Unions and Evading Wagner Act

1936-09-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The La Follette Civil Liberties Committee exposes and names the “Mohawk Valley Formula” in 1936-1937, documenting a systematic corporate strategy for breaking strikes and defeating union organizing campaigns that James Rand Jr., president of Remington Rand, developed during the 1936 …

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La Follette Committee Exposes Pinkerton and Burns Detective Agencies' Massive Labor Espionage Network

1936-01-15 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

The La Follette Civil Liberties Committee subpoenas records from major private detective agencies in early 1936, exposing the vast scale of corporate labor espionage in American industry. The investigation reveals that the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, Burns International Detective Agency, …

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