What was the United States National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act?

The Wagner Act (1935) applied to industry at large in the United States. The Act gave workers the rights of freedom of association and to choose a union to represent them. It defined unfair labour practices by an employer and made them unlawful. The Act also stated that an employer had to bargain with a union that represented a majority of the employees — in short, collective bargaining became mandatory when a union had a majority membership in a workplace.

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