LECTURE 14: LABOR AND THE NEW DEAL
Lecture Outline
1. Section 7(a) of the NIRA.
2. The Wagner Act (1935).
3. The Congress of Industrial Organizations (1935).
Important Information, Terms, and Names from this Lecture
National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Frances Perkins
"company unions"
Gen. Hugh Johnson
"closed shop"
Sen. Robert F. Wagner
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. (1937)
Taft-Hartley Act (1947)
"craft unionism"
"industrial unionism"
U.S. Steel Corp.
"little steel"
Memorial Day Massacre (1937)
General Motors
"sit-down strike"
Chrysler
Ford
AFL-CIO (1955)
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