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National Labor And Relations Act

From 1933-1936 protests begin to increase, and Roosevelt has to make some



adjustments. As he prepares for his election, he makes changes to help unhappy people,



and he presses "second 100 days of legislation" and it changes the way Americans see



their government. The people do not see the government as being the same, and this is



shown through the National Labor and Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act. It



was very controversial, and it ran contrary to the attitude towards labor at the time. The



Wagner Act was a pro-labor piece of legislation, and many called it the "bible of



organized labor". In 1935 the Supreme Court made a ruling Schecter vs. U.S that ruled

a certain part of the New Deal is controversial, and the Wagner Act counterbalances it.

The government guaranteed the rights of labor to organize, and historically speaking,

Americans are anti-labor because all workers want to do is complain, and people feel if

workers do not like the treatment at work, they can leave because there are many people

who are waiting in line to fill the job. The Wagner Act leaves out four industries;

agricultural workers, casual(migrant) workers, domestic workers, and retail. This clearly

shows how half the work force is not protected by the Wagner Act. The Wagner Act is

another piece of legislature, that only supports the whites, and is another way to

keep the women and colored people less educated than white people. The people of

color and the women will continue to get less educated because eventually wages and

benefits will increase over time, just for those who are protected, and as people make

more money, your family will get more educated.