Friday, April 8, 2011 PANEL VI-B
THE NLRA: STILL LABOR’S MAGNA CARTA? 246 East Library Wing, Axinn Library, South Campus
Moderator
Grant Hayden Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law Roger Clayman, Long Island Federation of Labor A Union Perspective on Labor Rights Today John E. Higgins, Jr., Catholic University Law School The NLRA at 75 Susan Rubisch-Gisler, Carlow University The Impact of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 on American Unionization
Discussant
Gregory DeFreitas Professor of Economics and Director, Center for the Study of Labor and Democracy, Hofstra University Sponsored by the Hofstra Labor Studies Program and the Center for the Study of Labor and Democracy, Hofstra University
Union marchers on Broadway, Camden, New Jersey. A typical scene reflecting a large population of unemployed in desperate need of work and looking for jobs. Courtesy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, NY
Did you know? In 1935 … • President Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act, which established the National Labor Relations Board to prevent unfair labor practices.
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