Short Essay Questions- National Labor Relations
1. What factors in the 1800s up to the early 1930s, including how work was organized, contributed to the emergence of unions and the growth of the American Labor Movement?
2. Why did the Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act) in 1935 have a major impact on employees' rights in forming unions and the use of collective bargaining? What are the important provisions of this Act? ' • What Circumstances prompted Congress to pass the Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act) of 1947? What are the important provisions of this Act?
3. What factors have contributed to the decline of union membership? What are the prospects for organized labor and collective bargaining in the future? Consider economic, cultural, and workplace trends in discussing your answer.