| Broken Promise: The Subversion of U.S. Labor Relations Contributor(s): Gross, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 1592132251 ISBN-13: 9781592132256 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: The Wagner Act of 1935 (later the Wagner-Taft-Hartley Act of 1947) was intended to democratize vast numbers of American workplaces: the federal government was to encourage worker organization and the substitution of collective bargaining for employers' unilateral determination of vital work-place matters. Yet this system of industrial democracy was never realized; the promise was "broken." In this rare inside look at the process of government regulation over the last forty-five years, James A. Gross analyzes why the promise of the policy was never fulfilled. Gross looks at how the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) policy-making has been influenced by the President, the Congress, the Supreme Court, public opinion, resistance by organized employers, the political and economic strategies of organized labor, and the ideological dispositions of NLRB appointees. This book delineates where we are now, how we got here, and what fundamental questions must be addressed if policy-makers are to make changes consistent with the underlying principles of democracy. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy |
| Dewey: 331 |
| Series: Labor and Social Change |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.9" W x 8.66" (1.31 lbs) 424 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: The Wagner Act of 1935 (later the Wagner-Taft-Hartley Act of 1947) was intended to democratize vast numbers of American workplaces: the federal government was to encourage worker organization and the substitution of collective bargaining for employers' unilateral determination of vital work-place matters. |