NLRA

Historical Background

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This year the National Labor Relations Act was passed.

1935

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The NLRA was also known by this name, named after the U.S. senator who played a major role in its passage.

The Wagner act

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The NLRA was passed during this U.S. president’s administration.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The NLRA was a response to this kind of widespread economic condition during the early 1930s.

The Great Depression

Key Points

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Abbreviation for National Labor Relations Act

NLRA

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Why did they pass the NLRA act?

 to protect workplace democracy by providing employees at private sector workplaces the right to seek better working conditions

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The NLRA allows employees to do what with unions

To form and join unions

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The NLRA act was made to diminish the causes of what? 

labor disputes burdening or obstructing interstate and foreign commerce