In the early years, there were power struggles among the larger national unions. Leaders recognized that there was power in numbers. After the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947,
A) the CIO defeated the AFL.
B) the "Change to Win" campaign emerged.
C) the AFL and CIO merged.
D) the unions collapsed for several years.

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The Taft-Hartley Act favored management. The two rival unions, AFL, the craft union, and CIO, the unskilled labor union, merged in order to strengthen their position. There was power in numbers; for one thing, members would support each other in strike situations.

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