National Labor Relations Act
Also cited NLRA or the Act; 29 U.S.C. §§ 151–169
Title 29, Chapter 7, Subchapter II, United States Code
The National Labor Relations Act was passed by
Congress in
1935 after a series of violent
strikes throughout many industries in the first half of the 1930s. The NLRA formalizes the process of creating
labor unions and offers many protections for workers trying to form them. It prevents management from firing,
blacklisting, and spying on workers engaged in an organizing campaign. It also establishes the
National Labor Relations Board in order to
oversee and process petitions for labor unions. Some also speculate that the Act was passed in order to appease the mass of angry workers who posed a real threat of
revolt.
The NLRA is divided into 19 sections which I will post as I can.
Sections:
Section 1: FINDINGS AND POLICIES
Section 2: DEFINITIONS
Sections 3-6: NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Section 7: RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES
Section 8: UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES
Section 9: REPRESENTATIVES AND ELECTIONS
Section 10: PREVENTION OF UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES
Sections 11-12: INVESTIGATORY POWERS AND PENALTIES
Setion 13-14, 16: LIMITATIONS
Sections 17, 19: SHORT TITLE and INDIVIDUALS WITH RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS
Sections 15 and 18 have been ommitted from the Act
Source: www.nlrb.gov