The Labor union and Labor relations

I will begin by discussing the events that brought about the Wagner Act and what practices it provided for. (Block 11) The Wagner Act also created the National Labor Relations Board. Less than a year later the Civil Rights Act of 1964 would solidify the standards for discrimination. Although this solved some labor issues, ten years later another rash of strikes along with employer opposition to the Wagner Act ensured the passage of the National Labor-Management Relations Act. That cause was better working conditions and the right to collectively bargain for these conditions. It also expanded the National Labor Relations board to five members and outlawed “closed” shops. After the disruption of commerce due to striking workers, Congress passed the National Labor Relations Act. With people having these rights that unions bargained for, the union had worked itself out of a job and union membership began to drop. This three member board’s purpose was to regulate and administer the Wagner Act. The two main tasks of the board are representation and enforcement. The National Labor Relations Act, or Wagner Act, allowed employees to be represented by a union and guaranteed the right to collective bargaining. Although women’s unions were in existence, it would take sixteen years and the publication of The Feminine Mystique to change the consciousness of the country. (Ivancevich 606) The Wagner Act created a three member National Labor Relations Board to ensure the law was enforced.