Union-Infiltration

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

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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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