Labor Union Acts

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the labor laws that were passed, including the Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932, the National Labor Relations Act or the Wagner Act of 1935, the Taft Hartley Act of 1947 and the Landrum Griffin Act of 1959. The paper shows how labor legislation changed as technology evolved and the nature of labor was affected. The paper concludes that, today, labor has only a small role to play in the production of goods and services, and that is probably the reason for its change of importance in society.

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Analysis
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From the Paper:

"Let us start with the first law that was passed, and this is the Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932. We will not get into the semantics and simply state what the law wanted to do. It gave the workers a right to join a labor union while in employment and this was through banning of what is called yellow dog contracts. This gave the labor unions the right to organize themselves among workers and stopped court injunctions during labor disputes with management. (Norris-LaGuardia Act) As one can see the greatest emphasis is on what has been called yellow dog contract. This contract is between the employer and the employee and the employee promises not to join a labor union during employment as a part of his employment contract."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Norris-LaGuardia Act" Wikipedia. Retrieved from http://www.answers.com/topic/norris-laguardia-act Accessed 2 September, 2005
• "Taft-Hartley Labor Act" (2001-05) The Columbia Encyclopedia. Sixth Edition. Retrieved from http://www.bartleby.com/65/ta/TaftHart.html Accessed 2 September, 2005
• "The NLRB: The Wagner Act of 1935" United States National Labor Relations Board. Retrieved from http://www.stfrancis.edu/ba/ghkickul/stuwebs/btopics/works/wagner.htm Accessed 2 September, 2005
• "Unions and Their Members: The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act" Retrieved from http://www.uaw.org/lmrda.cfm Accessed 2 September, 2005
• "Yellow-dog contract" Retrieved fromhttp://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Yellow+Dog+contract&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&linktext=yellow%20dog Accessed 2 September, 2005

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