American Plan (union negotiations)

The American Plan is the term used to refer to open shop strategies pursued by employers in the United States in the 1920s.

[3] During World War I, U.S. Steel took a strong anti-union stance in its Chicago mills, calling union organizers "German propagandists."

[4] In some highly unionized cities, NAM members would fund deputized armed "patrols."

When Soderstrom and his fellow Labor Council members protested, they were issued injunctions and charged with conspiracy.

The American Plan implied a connection between union activity and the Bolsheviks and played on fears during the First Red Scare.

1927 comic from the Labor Age Adjacent to article criticizing employers open shop drives and the American Plan Conference effects on workers well-being.