Labor Management Relations
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Wolchok and Grayson (2000) say in Chapter 10 of their book The Real World of Work "Since the Middle Ages, as employers bid for labor and as workers sought employment, pressures were created that produced fluctuations in both profits and wages" (Wolchok & Grayson, 2000, 199). These words begin their section that discusses many concepts, right to work, fair labor practices, equal pay for equal work, and others. After tracing some of the laws that society made, the discussion focuses on the landmark American ruling, the Wagner Act (1934). Before the Wagner Act, most of the right to work issues and other employment situations such as salaries, benefits, insurance, safety conditions, and so on, were fought for by labor unions. But the business owners did not want their businesses unionized, and in case after case, when there was a conflict between labor and management, the labor typically lost. In some cases, strikes were broken up by armed forces and militia. An easing of this problem started appearing with the Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932, which basically set an open arena for labor dispute discussion. According to the authors, "The crux of the act was not what it did for organized labor, but what it permitted organized labor to do for itself without risking court interference" (Wolchok & Grayson, 2000, 209). The Wagner Act, also known as the National Labor Relations Act created National Labor Review Board. The purpose of the act was to clarify labor iss
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