Discussion #1

What do you see as the most important provision in the Wagner or National Labor Relations Act? 

Support your view with at least one reference from the class materials.

Discussion #2

Is the selection process for determining members of the National Labor Relations Board too politicized? Explain your response. Does the current selection process lead to instability in interpretations of the LMRA and is so, is this a positive or negative for employers and employees covered by the law? Explain your response and use a reference from class materials.

Required Readings 

https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/who-we-are/our-history/1935-passage-wagner-act

https://www.nlrb.gov/rights-we-protect/whats-law

https://www.nlrb.gov/resources/nlrb-process/unfair-labor-practice-process-chart

Tahira Longus Week 2 Discussion Post:

The Public Administrations may entrust the development of collective bargaining activities to bodies created by them, of a strictly technical nature, which will hold their representation in collective bargaining before the corresponding political instructions and without prejudice to the ratification of the agreements reached by the bodies. Government or administrative with competence for it. In addition, public bargaining involves the process of resolving labor-management conflicts. It also 
ensures
 both the employee and the employer fair treatment during the negotiation process. The Tables will be validly constituted when, in addition to the representation of the corresponding Administration, and without prejudice to the right of all legitimate trade union organizations to participate in them in proportion to their representatives, such union organizations represent, at least, the absolute majority of the members of the unitary representative bodies in the area in question.

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The Public Administrations may entrust the development of collective bargaining activities to bodies created by them, of a strictly technical nature, which will hold their representation in collective bargaining before the corresponding political instructions and without prejudice to the ratification of the agreements reached by the bodies. Government or administrative with competence for it. In addition, public bargaining involves the process of resolving labor-management conflicts. It also assures both the employee and the employer fair treatment during the negotiation process. The Tables will be validly constituted when, in addition to the representation of the corresponding Administration, and without prejudice to the right of all legitimate trade union organizations to participate in them in proportion to their representatives, such union organizations represent, at least, the absolute majority of the members of the unitary representative bodies in the area in question.

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