Which statement about labor unions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is not true?

a.
the main purpose of early labor unions was to get better conditions and better pay for workers.

b.
the american public, the press, and business owners overwhelmingly supported the cause of labor unions.

c.
business leaders often reacted to strikes by hiring armed men and scabs to break them up.

d.

unions had more power than individual workers because one worker can be fired easily but not a whole group.