Match the following laws and legal doctrines to the descriptions.

Question

A. Landrum-Griffin Act (1959)
B. Commonwealth vs. Hunt (1842)
C. National Industrial Recovery
D. Railway Labor Act (1926)
E. National Labor Relations Act (1935)
F. Conspiracy doctrine (pre-1842)

Answer 1

A. Established procedures for government oversight of union financial dealings and internal affairs.
B. Established that unions as collectives of working people were legitimate organizations as long as they did not engage in illegal activities to obtain their goals.
C. First piece of legislation to establish unionization and collective bargaining rights for the private sector although did not require employers to bargain with unions.
D. Provided for collective bargaining through unions in the transportation industry. The first piece of legislation to give unions both the right to exist and the right to bargain collectively with employers.
E. Established unions as a legitimate means of achieving collective goals through bargaining; established the duty for employers to bargain in good faith with a duly elected representative of the employees.
F. Established that both the means used and the ends to which unions worked were illegal in the eyes of the law.