Rank-and-file animus outpaced official union nativist policy during depressions

Evidence

Even the workingman’s economic jealousy had freer play outside of the confines of official union policy. The fear of job competition from foreigners contributed to a host of incidents and movements; most tangibly, it appeared in restrictions on employment. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 426

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Economic depression abruptly shifted business framing of immigrants from asset to threat — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 414; Depression convinced many workers immigration threatened their livelihood — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 266

Broader Connections

• Depression convinced many workers immigration threatened their livelihood #expands (0.85) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 266