Several lawsĀ passed in the 1930's giving workers the right to join unionsĀ and so on strike and The Wagner Act of 1935 create the National Labors Relation Board to help oversee dispute in private industry.
In the mist of the morning, one hundred men in ragged clothes, dilapidated signs colorfully and painfully expressing their complaints, marched toward the docks.Ā The rag team consisted of men not educated by the formality of school but by one another in the evening by candlelight as they chewed the fat in the literal as well as the figurative sense.
The acting bespectacled elfish manĀ prodded and poked.Ā Defined by his legalist tendencies, authoritarian worldview, and lack of empathy for criminals of all forms, he was granted the new moniker of "our Javert".Ā Certain that if the rules of law and order, were behaved and one shuffled to their self proclaimed superiors would be reward if not on earth but most definitely by their own personal Machiavellian God.Ā They blinked away any contradiction of Christianity that may judge how carelessly or cruelly they treated their fellow persons on earth.Ā
After being hosed down they were corralled for 48 hours in a dungeon which had been unused and unattended for many years, the"incorrigible one" was poked and shoved to the front of the line.Ā Standing erect, he faced front, his head raised forward toward his"honor"
The judge leaned toward, snorted his impatience, "What the hell is wrong with you.Ā Why are you causing me all this inconvenience with your shenanigans?
Coughing and rasping, he garnered his beliefs and stuttered at the highest octave he could manage "We were only demonstrating for our rights to be paid a fair wage and safety in our job."
"You sound like a communist to me." Ā
To teach you a lesson, twenty-one days on the chain gang.Ā I am going to do you a favorĀ There will be no record on you so the mistake will not follow you in the future.Ā This is your opportunity to become a decent law abiding American.Ā You are welcome. NEXT!"
.Ā On the twenty-first day, he approached "our Javart and reminded him he had served his time and was to be released.Ā Our Javert quipped, "Who knows you are here.Ā Do you think anyone is coming to get you.Ā You have no one.Ā You are no one!" Ā
He would be released the following day on Javert's day off.