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FDR's administration was beneficial for organized labor. FDR needed the support of labor, and labor needed the support of the national government. Francis Perkins, the first women cabinet member, was appointed as Secretary of Labor and she successfully promoted many elements that became part of the New Deal and helpful to labor. She and FDR urged the passage of the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act which increased the rights of unions and created the National Labor Relations Board. The Taft-Hartley Labor Act was amended to enlarge the powers of the NLRB and allowed the government to intervene in strikes affecting the nation's safety or health. The NRA set minimum wages and maximum hours. It did away with child labor, something organized labor favored, and established the right of workers to organize. This allowed for collective bargaining. Secretary Perkins had the DOL draft a bill setting wage and hour standards that became effective even after the NRA was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. In 1938 the Fair Labor Standards Act was passed which set minimum wages and a maximum work week of 40 hours.
Organized labor grew, the CIO split from the AFL and many American workers joined unions and membership continued to increase during the Great Depression.
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Which president came up with a plan to help end the great depression?
Roosevelt/New Deal
What was the new deal coalition?
Roosevelt got votes from Southern whites,city people,African Americans , and workers who belonged to unions together these groups of voters formed a coalition and support FDR.
Who made the new deal?
It was President Franklin D. Roosevelt who made the New deal.
What was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's domestic program called?
The New Deal.
What did Franklin D. Roosevelt promise the American people?
a new deal
What attitude did the new deal and president roosevelt take toward unions?
Franklin Roosevelt was supportive of labor unions
The new deal was initiated by witch president?
The New Deal was Franklin Roosevelt's program for stimulating the economy.
Who came up with the new deal?
The New Deal was created by Franklin Roosevelt to deal with the Great Depression and provided fro Relief, Recovery and Reform.
The new deal was the soical policy of?
The New Deal was the defining term for the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt.
What is Franklin D. Roosevelt's group?
Franklin D. Roosevelt's group refers to the political coalition that supported and aligned with President Roosevelt during his presidency. This group consisted of various factions within the Democratic Party, as well as labor unions, progressive reformers, and farmers. Together, they formed a broad coalition known as the New Deal coalition, which helped Roosevelt implement his policies and secure his electoral victories.
Why the Roosevelt create the New Deal?
Theodore Roosevelt did NOT create the New Deal. You are confusing two different US Presidents; Theodore Roosevelt with Franklin D. Roosevelt of the 1930's and 1940's. Franklin Roosevelt created the New Deal. Theodore Roosevelt created the "Square Deal".
What man was most closely related to the New Deal?
Franklin Roosevelt
Which president came up with a plan to help end the great depression?
Roosevelt/New Deal
What groups were brought together in Franklin Delano Roosevelt's new deal?
The New Deal programs of FDR created a liberal political alliance made up of labor unions, blacks and other ethnic and religious minorities, intellectuals, the poor, and some farmers. These groups became the backbone of the Democratic Party for decades following the Depression.
Who developed the new deal?
Franklin d. roosevelt
Who developed new deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office he passed the what program?
The program proposed by Franklin Roosevelt for his first term was called the New Deal.
