National Labor and Relations Act (NLRA)

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Across
  1. 2. The federal agency created to enforce U.S. labor laws and oversee union elections.
  2. 4. The overarching era and series of programs under which this labor legislation was passed
  3. 7. Core function of a union; to negotiate wages and conditions (often clued as "Collective _________").
  4. 8. The U.S. President who signed the landmark act into law in 1935.
  5. 9. Refers to the 1947 TAFT-HARTLEY ACT, which significantly amended the NLRA to restrict certain union practices.
Down
  1. 1. A work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work, protected under the Act.
  2. 3. Short for "Unfair Labor Practice," which the board is charged with investigating.
  3. 4. The 1935 Act passed by Congress to protect workers' rights to organize.
  4. 5. Senator Robert F. Wagner, the primary architect and sponsor of the NLRA
  5. 6. The specific workforce sector that the NLRA has jurisdiction over (it generally excludes government, railway, and airline workers)
  6. 7. The "secret _________" format used by the board to conduct fair union representation elections.