Broken Promise: The Subversion of U.S. Labor Relations Policy, 1947-1994

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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. Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. Taft-Hartley: A Fundamental Change in Labor Policy or Merely Adjustments to Eliminate Abuses? 2. Political Maneuvering to Control a New Law, a New Board, and a New Labor Czar 3. Improper Influences 4. Repeal Taft-Hurley: A Tale of Missed Opportunities 5. Taft-Hurley Was Here to Stay 6. Bargaining National Labor Policy: A Misguided Process 7. The Eisenhower Board Remakes Labor Policy 8. Labor Law Reform, Employer Style 9. The New Frontier Labor Board: A Commitment to Industrial Democracy 10. A New Labor Policy: Taking Industrial Democracy Seriously 11. Irreconcilable Differences 12. Making the Law Favor Employers Again 13. Management Interests over Workers' Statutory Rights: The Final Irrelevance of National Labor Policy? 14. Conclusion Notes Index