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The Depression also helped the CIO organize the nonskilled workers. In times of economic downturns companies were less willing to fight unionization. The CIO was then able to exploit the company's need to maintain production. Antiunion tactics were also costly and cut deeply into a company's profits. During periods of industrial growth the corporations did not want to lose their competitive edge to smaller firms; therefore, they could not risk the plants shutting down. This thinking influenced the U.S. Steel Company to recognize the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) unexpectedly and without a real battle in 1937. Under these circumstances, the CIO benefitted regardless of the economy's minor fluctuations.
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