nsuccessful, strikes at key auto plants in 1933, an indication of the future, provided a learning experience and a sense of power for the leaders and workers involved.
The new Roosevelt administration provided the impetus for the rise of labor organization in the 1930s. In 1933, Roosevelt pushed the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) through Congress. This Act contained a very important provision which inspired the union organizers to go after every industry in the following years. Section 7(a) of the Act stated that all provisions enacted under the Act must contain the following conditions: 1) employees shall have the right to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing; 2) no employee shall be required to join, as a condition of employment, any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing; and 3) employers shall comply with maximum hours, minimum pay, and other conditions of employment approved or prescribed by the President. Section 7(a) was an enabling provisio
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