By Duane Campbell
In celebration of July 4 Independence Day, we post this history of the National Labor Relations Act- an act that created much of our present union collective bargaining processes.
On Bloody Thursday, July 5, 1934, police attacked striking Longshoremen in San Francisco, killing 2, wounding 32 more.
President Roosevelt faced pressure from striking workers, socialist groups, unemployed workers, emerging unions, African-American workers, southern tenant farmers, veterans and others. This pressure created the political climate for the passage of the NLRA.
On July 5, 1935 President Franklin Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act ( The Wagner Act) establishing rules for the organization of labor unions in the U.S.:
Source: Anniversary of the National Labor Relations Act
