Timeline 1900-1946 Archives - Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service https://www.fmcs.gov/category/timeline-1900-1946/ HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? Tue, 01 Nov 2016 21:33:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 1902 https://www.fmcs.gov/1902/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 01:52:52 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12153 In a message to Congress following a strike in the anthracite coal fields in Pennsylvania, President Theodore Roosevelt recognizes the public interest in labor-management relations.

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]]> 1918 https://www.fmcs.gov/1918/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 01:52:21 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12151 The federal mediation function is born. The U.S. Conciliation Service is created at the Department of Labor.

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]]> 1926 https://www.fmcs.gov/1926/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 01:52:04 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12149 After major rail strikes of the early 1920s, Congress enacts the Railway Labor Act, establishing the National Mediation Board with jurisdiction in the railroad industry, and with the power to prevent interruptions in commerce in the railroad industry. The law allows railroad unions to organize and bargain collectively.

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]]> 1932 https://www.fmcs.gov/1932/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 01:51:45 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12147 Norris/La Guardia (Anti-Injunction Act) enacted to limit the power of Federal courts to issue injunctions in labor disputes which would deny workers full freedom of association, self-organization, designation of bargaining representatives of their own choosing, or negotiation of terms and conditions of employment.

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]]> 1934 https://www.fmcs.gov/1934/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 01:50:57 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12145 The Railway Labor Act is amended to include airlines.

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]]> 1935 https://www.fmcs.gov/1935/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 01:50:39 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12143 The National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) becomes law, guaranteeing employees the right to organize and, if necessary, government-supervised representation elections. The Act includes the right to bargain collectively and sets forth prohibitions against employer interference or unfair labor practices.

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]]> 1944 https://www.fmcs.gov/1944/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 01:50:17 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12141 The duty of fair representation is first announced in a 1944 Supreme Court case decided under the Railway Labor Act, Steele v. Louisville & Nashville R.R.

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