American Labor Legislation

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This paper explains that both the Clayton Act and the Wagner Act were watershed pieces of legislation in the slow march towards greater protections for American laborers. The author points out that the Clayton Act granted legitimacy for unions and paved the way for collective bargaining. The paper relates that the Wagner Act re-iterated more forcefully the Clayton Act.

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"Both the Clayton Act and the Wagner Act were watershed pieces of legislation in the slow march towards greater protections for American laborers. This paper explores first the Clayton Act, not merely because it came first, but because, in a real sense, it succeeded where the Sherman Anti-trust Act failed. It may also be argued that the Clayton Act was a more radical document than the Wagner Act insofar as the latter merely re-iterated - albeit more forcefully - what the first had whispered. With that in mind, it is to two of American labor laws most important pieces of legislation that this paper now turns."

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