The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
“The future of unions and collective bargaining system is uncertain.” (Barnardin & Russell, 2013, p.349).
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), also widely known as the Wagner Act, was a law established during the great depression era during the year 1935. As such, these laws recognized from a formal perspective of worker’s rights to collectively bargain with representatives of their choice. (Barnardin & Russell, 2013).
Additionally, these laws provided for employees and rights to oppose what was perceived real or imagined as unfair labor practices and policies by the employer. The enforcement of workers’ rights expressly prohibits employers from: 1). Impleading or interfering with the employees right to choose or assign representation …show more content…
. . and employers” by “encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining” and by “protecting the exercise by workers of full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives.”1 The basic tenants of national policy may be restated in terms of a series of commands directed at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) and the courts. These may be stated as follows: 1. Promote and protect the right of workers to organize for the purposes of collective bargaining. 2. Prevent employers from using their economic power to inhibit free choice by workers. 3. Leave the parties free to negotiate their own agreements. 4. Recognize and protect the right to strike.” (Getman, 2015, …show more content…
R. (2016). The Effects of Collective Bargaining Rights on Public Employee Compensation. ILR Review, 69(1), 84-112. doi:10.1177/0019793915603068 Retrieved from https://web-b-ebscohost-com.bethelu.idm.oclc.org/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=2&sid=7fc0368e-3d22-4e11-ab3f-37f912ea862c%40sessionmgr104&hid=129
Hagedorn, J., Paras, C. A., Greenwich, H., & Hagopian, A. (2016). The Role of Labor Unions in Creating Working Conditions That Promote Public Health. American Journal Of Public Health, 106(6), 989-995. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303138 Retrieved from https://web-b-ebscohost-com.bethelu.idm.oclc.org/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&sid=71a03270-ad95-41f9-a574-414b59891617%40sessionmgr103&hid=101
Getman, J. G. (2015). THE NLRB: WHAT WENT WRONG AND SHOULD WE TRY TO FIX IT? Emory Law Journal, 641495-1500 Retrieved from https://web-a-ebscohost-com.bethelu.idm.oclc.org/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=4&sid=df8ac9e8-bdf6-407c-8b7b-b329fdfd6f03%40sessionmgr4009&hid=4201
LEWIN, D., KEEFE, J. H., & KOCHAN, T. A. (2012). THE NEW GREAT DEBATE ABOUT UNIONISM AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN U.S. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. ILR Review, 65(4), 749-778 Retrieved from
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), also widely known as the Wagner Act, was a law established during the great depression era during the year 1935. As such, these laws recognized from a formal perspective of worker’s rights to collectively bargain with representatives of their choice. (Barnardin & Russell, 2013).
Additionally, these laws provided for employees and rights to oppose what was perceived real or imagined as unfair labor practices and policies by the employer. The enforcement of workers’ rights expressly prohibits employers from: 1). Impleading or interfering with the employees right to choose or assign representation …show more content…
. . and employers” by “encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining” and by “protecting the exercise by workers of full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives.”1 The basic tenants of national policy may be restated in terms of a series of commands directed at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) and the courts. These may be stated as follows: 1. Promote and protect the right of workers to organize for the purposes of collective bargaining. 2. Prevent employers from using their economic power to inhibit free choice by workers. 3. Leave the parties free to negotiate their own agreements. 4. Recognize and protect the right to strike.” (Getman, 2015, …show more content…
R. (2016). The Effects of Collective Bargaining Rights on Public Employee Compensation. ILR Review, 69(1), 84-112. doi:10.1177/0019793915603068 Retrieved from https://web-b-ebscohost-com.bethelu.idm.oclc.org/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=2&sid=7fc0368e-3d22-4e11-ab3f-37f912ea862c%40sessionmgr104&hid=129
Hagedorn, J., Paras, C. A., Greenwich, H., & Hagopian, A. (2016). The Role of Labor Unions in Creating Working Conditions That Promote Public Health. American Journal Of Public Health, 106(6), 989-995. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303138 Retrieved from https://web-b-ebscohost-com.bethelu.idm.oclc.org/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&sid=71a03270-ad95-41f9-a574-414b59891617%40sessionmgr103&hid=101
Getman, J. G. (2015). THE NLRB: WHAT WENT WRONG AND SHOULD WE TRY TO FIX IT? Emory Law Journal, 641495-1500 Retrieved from https://web-a-ebscohost-com.bethelu.idm.oclc.org/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=4&sid=df8ac9e8-bdf6-407c-8b7b-b329fdfd6f03%40sessionmgr4009&hid=4201
LEWIN, D., KEEFE, J. H., & KOCHAN, T. A. (2012). THE NEW GREAT DEBATE ABOUT UNIONISM AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN U.S. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. ILR Review, 65(4), 749-778 Retrieved from