Did the New Deal bring about an improvement in the position of workers?

Question 1

Positive

Legislation

Answer 1

National Industry Recovery Act NIRA 1933

National Labour Relations / Wagner Act 1935

Question 2

Positive

National industry recovery act NIRA 1933

Answer 2

Set up national recovery administration NRA to improve relations between workers and employers
Aimed to bring cooperation about production / wage rates / hours

Question 3

Positive

National labour relations / Wagner Act

Answer 3

Workers right to elect representatives to take part in collective bargaining
Have workers right to join unions
National labour relations board established (power to bargain if behalf of workers)

Question 4

Positives

Union membership

Answer 4

1933 = 3.7 million
1938 = 9 million

Question 5

Positives

Major industries which now recognised unions

Answer 5

General Motors 1936

US Steel 1937

Question 6

Positives

Minimum weekly wage

Answer 6

Created by Fair Labour Standards Act of 1938

Question 7

Positive

Congress of industrial organisations CIO 1937

Answer 7

Encouraged whole industry based unions

Encourages AA and ethnic groups to join - some unity

Question 8

Negative

Employers who didn’t recognise NIRA / Wagner Act e.g

Answer 8

Henry ford

Question 9

Negative

Supreme Court actions

Answer 9

Declared NIRA unconstitutional 1935

Question 10

Negative

Employers

Answer 10

Continue violence / intimidation

Question 11

Negative

Unskilled workers

Answer 11

Agricultural domestic workers Didn’t benefit

Question 12

Negative

Women

Answer 12

Pay differentials upheld by NIRA and Fair Labour Standards Act 1938