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Labor Union In The Jungle, By Upton Sinclair

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The Jungle depicts the Labor Union accurately but also fictionalizes Labor Union as well. In the book, The Jungle, Upton Sinclair accurately depicts labor unions when he talks about how they were always on strike for more pay and equal hours, how they could get replaced so easily, and how the labor union fought to change that. In the more recent chapters, he mentions how the union would go on strike and fight to be able to have more pay and to have more consistent hours. But The Jungle also fictionalizes the Labor Union because he made it seem as if they kept on fighting for better working conditions because they were the worst place to be and the worst conditions that anyone would ever be in. But according to the video, this is just not true
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