Assignment task: Respond to classmates post
Question: Explain the key factors that led to workers joining unions in the early 1900s. Which do you believe were most influential and why? Interact with one of your classmates.
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The key factors that led workers to join the union in the early 1900s was when Roosevelt took office, he sought a number of important laws that advanced labor's cause. One of these, the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (also known as the Wagner Act) gave workers the right to join unions and to bargain collectively through union representatives. The act established the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to punish unfair labor practices and to organize elections when employees wanted to form unions. The NLRB could force employers to provide back pay if they unjustly discharged employees for engaging in union activities (Labor in America: The Worker's Role, Ch 9)
The key factor I feel was the most influential was the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (also known as the Wagner Act). Being a supervisor for USPS, I had plenty of interactions with the union. I know how employees will grieve the most minute "infraction". They will literally run to the union for any and everything. If a supervisor is seen handling the mail in any manner, that employee will go to the union and file a grievance to get paid, and more than likely they will win a monetary settlement.