Unions in the 1930’s

FDR Protects Workers Rights higher wages = more spending 1933 NIRA – declared unconstitutional Shortened work hours Right to form unions Bargain collectively Wages & hours 1935 Wagner Act/National Labor Relations Act Guaranteed workers the right to: Organize unions Collectively bargain National Labor Relations Board Organized elections Provided for “Binding Arbitration” Mediator rules on decisive issues Could file “Unfair Labor Practice”

Congress of Industrial Organizations - CIO Organized unions in all industries Concentrated on two larges industries without unions Auto & Steel New Tactic – “Sit-down Strike” Occupied factory No work Prevented “scabs” (replacement workers) UAW – United Auto Workers – 1937 Union Membership tripled 3 million in 1933 9 million in 1939