1. Topic: FDR and the Recognition of Union Labor
Do Now:
“The New Deal secured the support of labor after 1932 just as the Republican Party had gained the support of industry and commerce since This created a new political coalition, which is still being felt today”
Assess the validity of this statement

2. The NRA & the Wagner Act National Recovery Administration (1933)
plan to help both industry owners and labor
Complex codes and regulations
Minimum wage, regulation of hours
Workers right to organize
Schechter Case: NRA declared unconstitutional
Wagner Act (1935)
National Labor Relations Act
Collective Bargaining Legalized

3. New Deal for Unions New union organization created
Committee of Industrial Organizations
Founded by John L. Lewis
Unskilled workers
General Motors “sit in” strike
CIO supports FDR
1955- joins w/ AFL

4. 1936 Election FDR vs. Alfred Landon FDR wins second term
FDR as Hero
Vs.
Election as “class warfare” through the ballot box
FDR wins second term
FDR had support from:
Labor
Urban centers
African-Americans
“forgotten man”

5. 3…2…1 3 – New Deal policies examined today
2- the goals of 2 of these policies
1- how did these policies impact government / labor relations, then and now?