The chapter started off with the Common Law of Labor Relations. …show more content…
Therefore, the yellow dog contract was an intimidating strategy that worked in the favor of the employers and suppressed the fruition of unions. The first piece of legislation to protect union employees from harsh injunctions was the Norris–LaGuardia Act in 1932, according to the textbook, the act sought to remove the courts from labor relations (Budd, 2013, p. 115). By doing so, this allowed workers the freedom to join unions and to have a union representative advocated for the best interest of the employee. Moreover, it put an end to the illegal actions of the employers and courts. Naturally, the Norris–LaGuardia Act of 1932 ushered in other pieces of legislation to restructure the laws governing the workforce legally. The Wagner Act clarified Labor as more than a commodity, and notated that collective bargaining is essential to workers’ best interest, and employee have a right to have a voice (Budd, 2013,