Which piece of legislation tried to help labor relations during the Great Depression?

Answer 1

The National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act which increased the rights of unions and created the National Labor Relations Board were enacted during the Great Depression. 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

Answer 2

National Labor Relations Act of 1935 is a US federal law that safeguards the basic rights of private sector workers to organize and run trade unions, pursue collective bargaining for better terms of employment and taking collective action like strikes. It is also known as Wagner Act.