LABRST 1A03 Chapter Notes -National Labor Relations Act
10 Dec 2013
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Collective bargaining stemmed from the first wwi in order to protect workers and improve their lives. The industries that grey the quickest & had the highest wages also were the ones unionized the quickest. Older workers were more reluctant to join unions because of previous experiences in the labour market (wwi) The growth of unions created a hostile relation between employers and unions. Probably to reduce the # of strikes and keep factories producing. 1/3 of workers would strike before 1944. Craft exclusivity was the basis for successful unions early on. Protect against unskilled workers being brought in to drive down wage levels. Industrial unions should be made because: belief in equality for all regardless of skill, power in # s, not on skills. New unions required gov t intervention to protect them. Did not get rid of company unions. Did not allow employers to bargain with unions with majority vote.
