Passed in 1935, the National Labor Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act, enshrined in law the right of workers to engage in collective action — “protected concerted activity” — against their bosses. First and foremost, this meant workers had the right to unionize. The Act’s passage did not oc

The demands of these capitalists are not as extreme as those in 1937, when Jones and Laughlin sued to overturn the Wagner Act altogether. Their arguments rest on different clauses of the U.S. Constitution. But the ultimate goals are identical: completely unfettered ability to exploit the working class for profit, with no restrictions from unions — or by the limited labor laws workers won through struggle.

These corporate bosses want to roll history back almost 100 years to an era when workers had no legal right to organize and faced prosecution for so-called “criminal syndicalism.”

Regardless of how SCOTUS rules, the working class will have to fight tooth and nail to win not only union recognition but contracts that guarantee decent wages, benefits, job security and working conditions.

  • Kairos@lemmy.today
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    7 months ago

    Doesn’t the fed have basically total right to regulate labor because of the 13th amendment?