The New Deal greatly expanded the power and role of the federal government in society and the economy. It increased the number of government employees, acted as a "broker state" by intervening in the national marketplace, and strengthened new constituencies like organized labor, women, African Americans, and other groups that joined the Democratic coalition. Specifically, it grew the labor movement through legislation and organizations like the CIO. However, the New Deal still had limitations and did not solve all the problems of the Great Depression or fully overcome racial discrimination.