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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/Riley31415 on 2023-09-08 02:58:45+00:00.

I feel like in most old movies from the 40s and 50s (e.g., On the Waterfront) depict unions as corrupted by organized crime. Was this a reality and, if so, what did that control look like? Was this depiction a product of anticommunist sentiment?