In this Book
- Broken Promise: The Subversion Of U.S. Labor Relations
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Temple University Press
summary
The Wagner Act of 1935 (later the Wagner-Taft-Hartley Act of 1947) was intended to democratize vast numbers of American workplaces: the federal government was to encourage worker organization and the substitution of collective bargaining for employers' unilateral determination of vital work-place matters. Yet this system of industrial democracy was never realized; the promise was "broken." In this rare inside look at the process of government regulation over the last forty-five years, James A. Gross analyzes why the promise of the policy was never fulfilled. Gross looks at how the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) policy-making has been influenced by the President, the Congress, the Supreme Court, public opinion, resistance by organized employers, the political and economic strategies of organized labor, and the ideological dispositions of NLRB appointees. This book provides the historical perspective needed for a reevaluation of national labor policy. It delineates where we are now, how we got here, and what fundamental questions must be addressed if policy-makers are to make changes consistent with the underlying principles of democracy.
Table of Contents
Download Full Book
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvi
- 3. Improper Influences
- pp. 26-41
- 5. Taft-Hurley Was Here to Stay
- pp. 58-71
- 8. Labor Law Reform, Employer Style
- pp. 122-145
- 11. Irreconcilable Differences
- pp. 192-216
- 12. Making the Law Favor Employers Again
- pp. 217-241
- 14. Conclusion
- pp. 272-286
Additional Information
ISBN
9781439903704
Related ISBN(s)
9781566393256, 9781592132256
MARC Record
OCLC
694147126
Pages
422
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2003