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Lesson 02: Labor Relations Overview: History and Law
Lesson 2
Labor Relations Overview: History and Law
Overview
This lesson will examine the historical development of collective bargaining in the United States as well as the legal framework upon which this process was built. Understanding how collective bargaining first arose and how it evolved over the last 200 years is necessary if one is to understand the current collective bargaining process.
Reading Assignment
- See Course Syllabus .
Learning Objectives
At the end of Lesson 2, you should be able to:
- Summarize the origins of the American labor movement.
- Explain the birth and growth of national unions.
- Describe the manner in which the courts regulated early American unions.
- Describe the reasons for the creation of a national labor policy in the 1930s and the nature of that policy.