The National Labor Relations Act prohibited certain practices of employers that would interfere with or prevent the exercise of basic rights. Discuss

Answer 1

The passage of the National Labor Relations Act, or the Wagner Act, constituted a revolutionary change in national labor policy. The basis of the act was the protection of the rights of employees, enumerated in Section 7 of the act which says: "Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection".
The act prohibited certain practices of employers that would interfere with or prevent the exercise of such rights. Those practices were designated unfair labor practices, and the act listed five of them:?

interference with, or restraint or coercion of, employees in the exercise of their Section 7 rights;
domination of, or interference with, a labor organization (including financial or other contributions to it);
discrimination in terms or conditions of employment of employees for the purpose of encouraging or discouraging union membership;
discrimination against an employee for filing a charge or testifying in a proceeding under the act; and
refusal to bargain collectively with the employees' legal bargaining representative.