ILRLR 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Clayton Antitrust Act, Sherman Antitrust Act, Interstate Commerce Act Of 1887

• School: Cornell University
• Department: ILR Labor Relations, Law and History
• Course: ILRLR 1100
• Professor: Elias

Document Summary

Labor and capital during the new deal 1: Gives congress enumerated powers but also has a necessary and proper clause . Struck down the keating owen act (1916) Manufacture of goods not regulated by commerce clause (commerce is. The afl in wwi and the emerging coalition of labor and the state: only the movement of goods) Gompers allowed woodrow wilson to speak at the afl convention. Wilson appoints gompers to the council of national defence (1916) Unprecedented government intervention into industrial production, distribution, and even staffing. Standardize products for sale to increase output and efficiency. Regulated labor-management disputes to ensure productivity during war time. Against strikes (gompers issued no strike pledge) Supported 8-hour day, right to organize, equal pay for women, living wages for all. The wall street bombing confirmed fears of labor radicalism. Gompers loses power and corporations set up company unions .