It was in response to a national wage freeze. Due to WW2 too few workers existed for the jobs available as such any one worker had incredible bargaining power.

It was in response to a national wage freeze. Due to WW2 too few workers existed for the jobs available as such any one worker had incredible bargaining power. Wages were frozen by law[0] and firms found other benefits to offer in order to attempt to compete with each over for workers. [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabilization_Act_of_1942 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabilization_Act_of_1942