Q.1
The National Labor Relations Board enacted in 1935 pursuant to the enactment of the National Labor relations Act. The primary function for the establishment of this board was to enforce the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. The basic provisions that the board was supposed to enforce include protection of employees’ rights, encouragement of collective bargaining and curtailment of certain private management sectors which were potentially capable of harming workers’ rights, businesses, and the U.S economy (Introduction, n.d).
Q.2
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 is the primary legislation concerned with the protection of labor relations in the United States. Also known as the Wagner Act, the act provides for the basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, conduct collective bargaining for the sake of improving compensation and working conditions (Employee Rights, n.d). The Act covers most of the employees in the private sector irrespective of whether they are members of a union. The Act, however, does not protect the rights of the following set of employees;
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Those employed by the federal, state, or local government,
Employment as farm laborers.
Employed for domestic services
Employed by family members such as parents or spouses
Independent contractors,
Supervisors,
Employed under the Railway Labor Act, and
Employed by any person who is not an employer subject to the National Labor Relations Act.
Q. 3
Collection bargaining is a term referring to the negotiation process that takes place between an employer and group of employees relating to issues concerning with employment practices. Normally, employees organize themselves into a union which represents them during the negotiation process (Strecker, 2011). The negotiations are usually related to the working conditions of employees, their compensation, safety, training, and layoffs. After the negotiations, the two parties develop a collective bargaining agreement which serves a contract governing them. In the United States, the Labor Relations Act empowers employees with the right to organize into trade unions which have the mandate to summon employers and engage in collective bargaining. The National Labor Relations Act protects the rights of employees to engage in collective bargaining by making it a fundamental freedom. Additionally, mandates employees to bargain with employees whenever an agitation emerges within the workforce.
Q. 4
An employer conduct may contravene the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act in numerous ways. Such include:
Threatening employees with job loss or reduction of benefits if they join or prefer to establish a trade union.
Luring employees with benefits in exchange for withdrawing from or discouraging them to join a trade union.
Engaging in activities that seem to punish employees for joining, forming, or being part of a concerted effort made by a labor union Employee Rights, n.d).
Q. 5
Some of the labor organization conducts that contravene the National Labor Relations Act are:
Threatening employees with job loss for failing to support a union.
Refusing to process a grievance for an employee who has criticized a union.
Engaging in picket line misconduct which includes threatening and assaulting non-strikers.
Q.6
An employee who believes that any of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act has been violated is required to fill a standardized form provided by the National Labor Relations Board. Afterward, an agent from the board will contact the employee to take their statement. The agent also contacts the employer to get their own version of the story. The agent then forwards the case to the board for review, hearing, and decision.
References
Employee Rights. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nlrb.gov/rights-we-protect/employee-rights
Introduction. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb-introduction
Strecker, D. E. (2011). Labor law a basic guide to the National Labor Relations Act . Boca Raton: CRC Press.
