Labor Relations and the Legal Environment
The key labor relations legislation in the United States consists of three laws enacted between the 1930s and the 1950s: the Wagner Act (1935), the Taft-Hartley Act (1947), and the Landrum-Griffin Act (1959). These laws regulate labor relations in the private sector. Public-sector labor relations are covered by federal or state laws that are patterned after these laws.
In the history of labor relations law in the United States, the government has tried to balance (1) employers’ rights to operate their businesses free from unnecessary interference, (2) unions’ rights to organize and bargain for their members, and (3) individual employees’ right to choose their representatives or to decide that they do ...
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