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25 Cards in this Set
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NIRA |
FDR. Declared unconstitutional in 1935. |
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Wagner Act |
Labor Relations Board |
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La Follette Civil Liberties Committee |
From 1936-1940 a special committee of the US Senate |
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Fair Labor Standards Act |
It established minimum wage |
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American Federation of Labor (AFL) |
Founded in Columbus Ohio, May 1886 |
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Congress of Industrial Organizations |
United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955 |
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National War Labor Board |
Created 10 days after pearl harbor |
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Smith-Connally Act |
Also called War Labor Disputes Act |
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Taft-Hartley Act |
Enacted over veto, ammended much of Wagner act |
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Landrum Griffin Act |
Response to corruption in certain labor unions |
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United Farm Workers Organizing committee |
California's "factories in the field" |
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Phillip Murray |
United steelworkers leader |
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Social Security Act |
Old age pension |
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John L Lewis |
Son of Welsh immigrants |
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William Green |
AFL president 1924-1952 |
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George Meany |
After William Green |
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David Beck |
Teamsters 1952-1957 |
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James Hoffa |
Teamsters after Beck. Watched by FBI |
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Racketeering |
Illegal money, usually involving intimidation |
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Fair Labor Standards Act Again |
Longer writing about minimum wage |
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Rosie the Riveter |
Women working during WW2 |
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Serviceman's readjustment act of 1944 |
Help veterans come back and get jobs post war |
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Non-Partisan league |
Helped FDR get reeelected |
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Select Committee on improper activities |
McClellan committee |
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Alliance for labor action |
Alternative to AFL-CIO |
