Topic > The Wagner Act Essay - 725

The Wagner Act was passed by the Senate in May 1935, approved by the White House in June, and officially signed into law by President Roosevelt signed on July 5, 1935. The Wagner Act affected trade , traffic and transport workers. It allowed for the enforcement of a number of rules and regulations between employer and employee to ensure better treatment of employees. The government originally took a non-interventional approach when it came to employer-employee disputes, stepping in only to mediate, but not to resolve. Yet, under Roosevelt's signature and Senator Wagner's idea everything changed. Under the Wagner Act, workers could form unions and gain a voice in the workplace through protests. Employers were not allowed to interfere with workers' protests or form unions. Under the Wagner Act employees were prohibited from mistreating workers, such as overworking, underpaying, working in unsafe conditions, etc. They could not even be discriminatory against employees who felt the need to file complaints or testify against the employer. Under the Wagner Act, employers could not attempt to restrict employees from their rights or persuade or interfere with them. Finally, the Wagner Act prohibited employers from refusing or unfairly cooperating or bargaining between the employer and the employee representative. The Wagner Act was a major step forward in establishing labor laws and fair treatment for workers and unions who often received few benefits or fair treatment, no protection, or exploitation by employers in the form of interrogations, discipline, dismissal and blacklisting. Workers benefited because they got better treatment and were more willing to work. The economy would also be more stable... middle of the paper... with oversupply resulting in higher prices on crops, so farmers don't harvest too much and get more for their money. In contrast to the AAA Act which pleased many farmers and collectively raised $1,500,000,000 from 1933 to 1936, the government found it to be unconstitutional and decided to abolish the law and revise it two years later. The new law in force was based on the original AAA, but was no longer deemed constitutional by members of the government. The AAA was important because not only was it a government effort to help reduce overharvesting and thus the inability to sell crops, causing farmers to go bankrupt, but it helped farmers earn more money because producing fewer crops increased the their retail value. higher thus allowing them to earn more money and creating a more stable base for farmers within society.