National Labor Relations Act

Of the many laws and regulations that affect labor relations in the United States, few have had a greater impact than the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). This law, passed in 1935, was designed to protect the rights of both employers and employees, while also discouraging certain workplace practices. But what did this law actually do, and how does it affect your company today? Our workforce specialists at Industrial Relations Consultants have your answers. In a nutshell, the most notable outcome

There are several million undocumented immigrants employed in the United States (Burton, 2015). Even though the labor market has changed, the original National Labor Relations Act has not. The NLRA provide legal protection to employees to not be terminated for participate in organizing a union. NLRA created a blanket enforcement of NLBA rights equal for undocumented workers and U.S. citizens (Zdravecky & Hass, 2014). The law does not expressly detail terms who is considered an employee of an employer

itself from social media used by its employees. For employees, they are protected under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. The Act was enacted by Congress “to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail certain private sector labor and management practices, which can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and the U.S. economy (Board).” The Act ensures that employees are able to assemble and discuss wages, working conditions and other

The Civil Rights Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Federal Reserve Act of 1913, and The Social Security Act all helped to establish a precedent going forward in regards to their respective objective in the United States of America. The Wagner Act of 1935 did just that for unions, and established the principles under which unions are governed to this very day. As with most laws that are foundational to the fabric of United States’ governance, the Wagner Act was neither established nor continuing to function

a. National Labor Relations Act The National Labor Relations Act, is occasionally called the Wagner Act, after its primary benefactor, Senator Robert Wagner of New York, conditions and outlines the entitlements of workforces to coordinate and to bargain communally with their superiors through the delegates of their selecting or not to do so. The Act has numerous areas of importance, two of which are: 1) To safeguard that workforces can liberally vote for their individual delegates for collective

In a televised interview on “CEO Exchange Mr. Don Carty, CEO of American Airlines discusses his frustration with labor cost. Now, American Airlines is facing a Chapter 11, bankruptcy filing. American Airlines is the world’s largest fleet of about 1,500 airplanes which serves international customers. Being the largest fleet, American Airlines employees around 113,300 employees that are overseen by three different unions. (“American Airlines – Wikipedia,”n.d.) The unions are made up of The Allied Pilots

The National Labor Union would be one of the first such organizations that sprung up in order to represent skilled craft workers and defend their right against their employers. The National Labor Union had a philosophy which, by the standards of the 19th century, would be considered progressive and ahead of their time. They lobbied for a standardized

Understanding Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining In the video, “Understanding Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining”, Donald Carty, CEO of American Airlines at that time, expresses the disappointment of the many executives in a union environment face in regards to labor costs. Shortly after this video, Mr. Carty had announced executive-retention bonuses and pension protection right after most union members had already voted to accept over $1 billion worth of wage and benefit concessions

The Wagner Act vs. the Taft-Hartley Act Historically, unions have made major improvements in workers’ conditions and wages. There has been legislation in favor of support to unions and worker needs and there has been legislation to restrict union power. The Wagner Act, commonly referred to as the National Labor Relations Act, and the Taft-Hartley Act are two of the many laws created to balance union power. This paper will look at both Acts, the impacts they have had, and what changes could be made

the American labor movement coincides with the development of labor unions in the United States, from the initial local craft unions like the Federal Society of Journeyman Cordwainers (shoemakers), to the formation of national unions such as the National Labor Union (NLU) and the Knights of Labor, creation of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and the Congress of International Organizations (CIO), the merger of the AFL-CIO, and its breakup through the defection of the national unions that formed