The National Labor Relations Act is a federal law that grants employees the right to form or join unions, engage in protected, concerted activities to address or improve working conditions or refrain from engaging in these activities. This act was passed on July 5, 1935. The idea behind the act was at that time was to protect employees from big manufacturers who demanded impossible hour and extremely low pay. Before this act was established works had the right to start or attempted to start a union, but it also allowed employers the right to fire them. This made it very difficult for works to start union in order to demand better pay and working condition. Whenever upper management heard rumors of anyone planning to from a union they were fired.
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That’s where the Taft-Hartley Act came in place. Leader who led some of these unions started to take advantages of the people they were supposed to serve. There became a large number of strikes witch took a hard on the economy. In order to regain control over the situation the government created the Taft-Hartley act. It’s a federal law that was established 1947 that prohibited certain union practices and required improvement in union disclosure of financial and political dealings. This act was meant to be the guide line rules of the federal government's requirements for unions. It protects union members against dealings enacted by the controlling members that wasn’t in their best interest. The Taft-Hartley Act gave employees the right to avoid taking part in union activities, but it also stated that an employer can require an employee join a union. There is 6 key amendments to this act. The first one gave employees the right to form unions and engage in collective bargaining with employers, basically reinforced the RLRA act. The second amendment stated employer cannot refuse to hire prospective employees because they won't join a union. The third amendment said unions have a requirement to bargain in good faith with employers. Meaning they must negotiate what will benefit the employees. The forth prohibited secondary boycotts by unions. The Fifth Amendment prohibited unions from taking advantage of their members or employers. Last but not least the sixty amendment provided free speech for
That’s where the Taft-Hartley Act came in place. Leader who led some of these unions started to take advantages of the people they were supposed to serve. There became a large number of strikes witch took a hard on the economy. In order to regain control over the situation the government created the Taft-Hartley act. It’s a federal law that was established 1947 that prohibited certain union practices and required improvement in union disclosure of financial and political dealings. This act was meant to be the guide line rules of the federal government's requirements for unions. It protects union members against dealings enacted by the controlling members that wasn’t in their best interest. The Taft-Hartley Act gave employees the right to avoid taking part in union activities, but it also stated that an employer can require an employee join a union. There is 6 key amendments to this act. The first one gave employees the right to form unions and engage in collective bargaining with employers, basically reinforced the RLRA act. The second amendment stated employer cannot refuse to hire prospective employees because they won't join a union. The third amendment said unions have a requirement to bargain in good faith with employers. Meaning they must negotiate what will benefit the employees. The forth prohibited secondary boycotts by unions. The Fifth Amendment prohibited unions from taking advantage of their members or employers. Last but not least the sixty amendment provided free speech for