Impact of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) on Organized Labor
The twentieth century was a notable era for the US workers community as the working conditions were significantly improved in favor of the American workforce. As most of the labor workforce shifted from industrial production to principal production profession, the position of the workforce improved drastically. Invariably, the twentieth century has been seen a number of laws passed that made a significant impact on the life of organized workforce in the United Sates. Notably, The National Labor Relations Act of 1935, popularly known as the Wagner Act ascertained the right of the labor force in the workplace (Griffin, 2009). The law speaks for the rights of the organizational workers so that the employers need to enforce collective bargaining power as ruling standard in business. The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 has given the employees the right to organize, connect, or support a labor organization in order to secure their purpose in industry (Davey, Millis & Brown, 2001).
According to the law, the representative of the labor organization can speak for the collective bargain power of the labors to protect their mutual aid and work security. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has got the authority to safeguard the rights of the workers of the US workforce using The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Davey, Millis & Brown, 2001). In the meantime, NLRB successfully manages the disputes in the organizational management, workforce grievances, and union election issues applying NLRA. Also, unfair policies and labor practices of the corporations can be penalized using NLRA.
Therefore, NLRA has successfully protected the rights of the workforce so that the employers in the private sector cannot deploy unfair labor policies and practices against the workforce ("National Labor Relations Act", 2016). Protecting the employee security, The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) has given the freedom to the workforce to protect the decline of structured labor.
References
Davey, H., Millis, H., & Brown, E. (2001). From the Wagner Act to Taft-Hartley: A Study of National Labor Policy and Labor Relations. Industrial And Labor Relations Review, 4(4), 602. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2518503
Griffin, J. (2009). Labor Law: National Labor Relations Act: Jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board. Michigan Law Review, 37(8), 1328. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1283128
National Labor Relations Act. (2016). Home.earthlink.net. Retrieved April 2016, from http://home.earthlink.net/~local1613/nlra.html
