You might look into the “curly girl” method, don’t worry about the name it’s just what it started out being called in the 80-90s. It helps people with any texture besides stick straight hair tame the friz. It’s been pretty helpful for me to allow my actual curls out without being a puff ball. There’s a community driven Google doc that has the concepts and best products. It wouldn’t surprise me if you actually have all wavy hair, many people find that once they stop using products that weigh down hair, their hair texture increases.
I get what you are saying but it still isn’t the complete story. Yes he didn’t let them shut down a major pillar of our economy and at that time forced them to take an agreement that was basically everything they wanted except for off time. But his admin spent the months after getting those concessions from the railroads. The IBEW even thanked the admin for their work. He supported many other labor unions right to strike without interference.
https://www.ibew.org/media-center/Articles/23Daily/2306/230620_IBEWandPaid