After the War, business and labor... After the War, business and labor... clashed in violent strikes as laborers sought to hold on to wartime benefits and businesses wanted to regain their power cooperated easily since unemployment was low, wages were modest but livable, and the cost of living was low - everybody was happy both asked the government to step in and come up with new codes for business/labor relations saw a new era of harmony, since wartime protections for labor were made permanent