Author Profile Robert Ovetz Robert Ovetz is the author of When Workers Shot Back: Class Conflict from 1877 to 1921 (Brill 2018). The Forgotten Wildcat Strikes That Swept the Country During WWI More than a decade before the New Deal, a wildcat strike wave during World War I brought about extensive concessions, including the right to organize, mandatory arbitration for employers, higher wages and shorter... MORE Working · January 2, 2019