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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.
What else can I help you with?
Did hoover freeze wages during the Great Depression?
President Hoover created pro labor policies during the Great Depression. The labor policies that were created froze wages and increased production.
What did labor unions change during the great depression?
Working conditions and unpaid wages.
Which labor organizations collapsed during the depression of 1837?
national trades union
During the great depression of the 1930s the us government adopted a program to help farmers and businesses and to protect labor and laborers congress passed the blank law?
i think that it is worker's rights am 80% sure
How did laborers response to the great depression?
A million and a half labor workers took part in two thousand strikes that year.
Did hoover freeze wages during the Great Depression?
President Hoover created pro labor policies during the Great Depression. The labor policies that were created froze wages and increased production.
What year did Child Labor begin during the Great Depression?
1700 and it wasnt during the victorina era
What did labor unions change during the great depression?
Working conditions and unpaid wages.
When did US experiences of labor shortage?
Right now, during the Great Depression, and many other times.
Why did American labor make greater progress during the 1930s?
American Labor did not make great progress during the 1930's. The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s.
What is a labor union during 1929?
hard and bad many people lost there jobs and the great depression did not help bring the number up.
Which labor organizations collapsed during the depression of 1837?
national trades union
What year did Of Mice and Men take place?
It occurs over a period of 3 days
What is the definition for 'civil works administration'?
The civil works administration, also known as the CWA, was a program created during the Great Depression to give unemployed people temporary manual labor jobs.
What was the activity of Labor Unions during the Great Depression?
Nothing in the world. OR YOU COULD SAY IT RIGHT http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=define%3A+Labor+unions&aq=0&aql=&aqi=l1g5g-m3&oq=labor+unions+de try that
Did a series of labor strikes in Great Britain helped start the depression?
no, it all resulted in the stock market crash
During the great depression of the 1930s the us government adopted a program to help farmers and businesses and to protect labor and laborers congress passed the blank law?
i think that it is worker's rights am 80% sure
