Exam 12: The Rise Of Organized Labor And Its Regulatory Framework
Briefly explain Norris-La Guardia Act.
The Norris-La Guardia Act was a legislative reversal of the prevailing view of the judiciary that economic injury inflicted by unions pursuing their economic self-interest was unlawful both at common law and under antitrust laws.
Briefly describe the National Labor Board.
The National Labor Board (NLB) was created in August 1933 to function as a mediation board,seeking to persuade the parties to settle their differences peacefully.It was composed of seven members; three representatives each would be chosen by the NRA's Industrial Advisory Board and Labor Advisory Board.The weakness of enforcement powers given to the NLB was its most serious drawback.NLB established the principles of majority rule and exclusive representation of the employees in a particular bargaining unit in addition to which the Board developed other rules that have come to be basic principles of labor relations law such as:
-an employer was obligated to bargain with a union that had been chosen as representative by a majority of employees;
-employers had no right to know of an employee's membership in,or vote for,a union when a secret ballot representation election was held; and
-strikers remained employees while on strike and were entitled to displace any replacements hired if the strike was the result of employer violations of the NIRA.
In June 1934,President Roosevelt formulated _____,which authorized the President to establish a board or boards empowered to investigate disputes arising under Section 7(a) of the NIRA and to conduct secret ballot representation elections among employees.
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Antitrust laws provided legal weapon for employers in the form of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.Which of the following acts appeared to provide the relief sought by the laborers?
Section 3 of the Norris-La Guardia Act declares that _____ are contrary to public policy of the United States.
The National Recovery Administration is responsible for administering the codes of fair competition under the:
The _____ involved government working closely and actively with business to revive the economy.
The NLRA exclude all of the following from its definition of employer except:
Which case illustrates the broad scope of the definition of labor dispute under the Norris-La Guardia Act?
The _____ was a legislative reversal of the prevailing view of the judiciary that economic injury inflicted by unions pursuing their economic self-interest was unlawful both at common law and under antitrust laws.
One of the grounds on which the National Labor Relations Board will review an election is if:
The _____ introduced some of the ideas and approaches later incorporated in the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
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