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The 1930s witnessed an incredible growth in union membership. Many factors came together at a crucial time to allow the phenomenal growth, including governmental support for unions and dynamic leadership within the labor movement. The most central issue was the creation of the Committee for Industrial Organizations (CIO), later renamed the Congress of Industrial Organizations, in 1935. Because of the success of the CIO nearly all the major industries in the United States were organized by the end of the decade.
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