LEGACY
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT
"The national labor relations bill which I now propose is novel neither in philosophy nor in content. It creates no new substantive rights. It merely provides that employees, if they desire to do so, shall be free to organize for their mutual protection or benefit...." |
The National Labor Relations Act, often referred to as the Wagner Act, was proposed and signed into law in 1935, two years after the Ford Hunger March. This Act recognized the workers' right to organize and join a union and was a significant victory.
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