Ordoliberals dated the transformance of unions to after World War I

Evidence

To them, the “classical” form of unions had changed irreversibly after World War I in Europe, and perhaps since the mid-1930s, even in the United States. From then on, unions were considered to be fully recognized by the law, by employers, and by public opinion. They had attained the status of politically legitimate quasi-public institutions, with indispensable functions for the stability of the social order. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 964

Categorization

• QUESTION: What exactly changed about unions after WWI that made them quasi-public institutions rather than merely employee associations? Worth chasing the historical detail.
• XREF: connects to: Austerity originated after World War I as a counteroffensive against working-class unrest — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 28; Early ordoliberal sympathy for unions disappeared from later MPS views — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 977; Early neoliberals saw large unions as monopoly threats distorting wages — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 968 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Early ordoliberal sympathy for unions disappeared from later MPS views #corroborates (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 977
• Early neoliberals saw large unions as monopoly threats distorting wages #qualifies (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 968
• Ordoliberals sought to regulate labor-capital conflict at the enterprise level #expands (0.72) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 960