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National Labor Relations Act

Protected private-sector workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively and created the National Labor Relations Board.

Date1935-07-05
Congress/session74th Congress
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Why it matters

Became the central federal framework governing private-sector union organization and collective bargaining.

Protected private-sector workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively and created the National Labor Relations Board.

Became the central federal framework governing private-sector union organization and collective bargaining.

Related Organizations

AFL-CIO

A federation of U.S. labor unions that advocates collective bargaining, workplace protections, wages, benefits, and pro-labor legislation.

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