A Look at Labor Relations During the New Deal Period.
As the Great Depression set in, Americans were looking for a savior. In 1932, they elected Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States. Roosevelt took office in March of 1933 and pledged himself to creating a New Deal for the citizens of the United States. Within days, he was fulfilling this pledge by pressing acts through Congress at a rapid rate. Many called this legislation an "alphabet soup" of acts that would bring relief, set regulations, and create public works initiatives unlike anyone had ever seen (Gordon 303). The most important act was the establishment of the National Industrial Recovery Act in May 1933. The NIRA created the National Recovery Administration headed by Hugh Johnson. The NRA established codes and regulations for labor, setteling precedents that continue to affect American workers today. Without the creation of this regulatory labor administration in the New Deal, the rights of the American worker would have continued to be suppressed.
One of the most important provisions established in the National Industrial Recovery Act gave workers the right to join a union. The unions that were formed were given the right to bargain as a team to gain concessions from their employers. The problems arose in the NRA's ability to enforce the regulations it created. Once NRA leaders established the Compliance Division, they felt their problems would be solved. However, not much relief was brought about. During this period of questionable strength, one tobacco merchant said he would be willing to comply with the Government standards when they were prepared and willing to enforce those standards. He said, " the greatest drawback . . . has been a lack of procedure under which a code violator could be punished" (Gordon 317). The NRA did not establish strict punishments for violations because its leadership saw the codes as being self-enforcing due to the fact that most firms wanted the codes to be enacted (Gordon 318).
Roosevelt tried to combat the Great Depression through the New Deal. ... Roosevelt's favorite New Deal Program. ... The states of North and South Dakota were the main recipients during the ten year period. ... The second New Deal legislation was enacted in 1935. ... In addition was the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), also known as the Wagner Act which established the National Labor Relations Board. ...
The New Deal got underway during the first 100 days of the Roosevelt administration and experienced both successes and failures; but those failures and a mounting opposition to New Deal policies and programs would deter the New Deal from moving forward. Out of the lessons learned during the first New Deal, a Second New Deal would hone its effectiveness and move the federal government to center stage. ... Among the high points were the Works Progress Act (WPA), the Social Security Act, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), farming and labor reform. Within a short period, the Second New ...
During the 1930's the New Deal was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's program to help the United States pull out of the great depression. ... Roosevelt first used the term New Deal while accepting the democratic presidential nomination in 1932, however, the American people had to wait until he was sworn in as president, on March 4th, 1933, to learn what the New deal was going to do to help the United States. ... However, many labor provisions of the NRA were reinstated in later legislations such as Fair Labor Standards Act and National Labor Relations Board. ... Some historia...
During the first hundred days of his presidency, Roosevelt set forth his plan for national recovery, known as the First New Deal. ... In his address, he outlined six ways in which to renew the efforts started by the New Deal, and a way to stop the criticism that was received during the First New Deal. ... Support for organized labor was a major characteristic of the Second New Deal. Under the eye of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, the Second New Deal saw the labor movement flourish, as leaders such as John L. ... This was shown in the National Labor Relations Act of July 1935, which provid...
Applegate ILRLR 1100 April 13, 2015 Preliminary Exam #2 The mid twentieth century was an era of technological revolution, unforgiving war, incredible economic volatility, and despite eliciting new challenges for unions, this period served as "the golden age" for labor relations. ... During this period, a newfound activism to be contractually bound with employers arose from the union platform. ... Prior to the formation of the CIO, government was not a key player in labor relations. ... Employees in this era were blessed with these and other new weapons brought to the political and ...
Roosevelt's New Deal On July 2, 1932, at the Democratic National Convention, the crowd listened intently to the phrase," I pledge you, I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people." ... This committee, called the Brain Trust, disagreed and argued over many of the policies implemented during the New Deal era. ... The New Deal program is usually divided into three periods. ... These various organizations were all designed to improve the social and economic situations Americans faced during this period in United States history. ... This particular plan failed, but a revision of t...
It gave much needed leverage to labor organizations and was quickly dubbed "labor's bill of rights." ... It also set up the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), a federal agency to administer the act. ... Set on undoing much of the progressive legislation made during the New deal period the Wagner Act was among its primary targets. ... If the court found in favor of ending the strike the disputing parties had sixty days to settle their difference (it should be noted that provision allowed for a twenty day extension, creating an 80 day cooling period). ... The most insidious of anti-...
Roosevelt's new programs were known as the "New Deal". ... Many people believed that the "New Deal" was a good thing. ... Roosevelt introduced new things such as the Social Security Administration, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are all still with us still today as monuments to the innovation of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. ... During the great depression the government went through a period of time where they went in debt to create the additional jobs and also increased the government bureaucracy by growing in size and cr...
The first organization to discuss is the Knights of Labor (KOL). ... The KOL was the first nationally spread union in the United States and it had more prestige than any other organization in this time period. ... With the development of mass production a new organization was formed. The Committee for Industrial Organization was the new organization. ... The employees of the factory learned that a deal had been negotiated and they were not going to allow this to happen. ...
