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National Labor Relations Act

The National Labor Relations Act of 1935, sometimes called the Wagner Act, is the primary law governing relations between unions and employers in the private sector. The statute guarantees the right of employees to organize and to bargain collectively with their employers or to refrain from all such activity. Generally applying to all employers involved in interstate commerce--other than airlines, railroads, agriculture, and government--the Act implements the national labor policy of assuring free choice and encouraging collective bargaining as a means of maintaining industrial peace.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1935 to administer the National Labor Relations Act. The NLRB has two principal functions:

·             to determine, through secret-ballot elections, the free democratic choice by employees whether they wish to be represented by a union in dealing with their employers and if so, by which union; and

·             to prevent and remedy unlawful acts, called unfair labor practices, by either employers or unions.

The agency does not act on its own motion in either function. It processes only those charges of unfair labor practices and petitions for employee elections that are filed with the NLRB in one of its 51 Regional or Resident Offices.

Contact Information

National Labor Relations Board
1099 14th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20570-0001

Phone: (202) 273-1000

Internet: http://www.nlrb.gov/

Regional office addresses are located in the telephone directory under the United States Government--National Labor Relations Board. The headquarters directory and a searchable list of regional office contacts are available online at:
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/offices/default.asp

Additional Information

Extensive publications about the NLRA, NLRB, and informational brochures for workers are available online at:
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/shared_files/brochures/default.asp

The full text of the NLRA is available in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) online at:
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/legal/manuals/rules/act.pdf

Source

Information for this topic was drawn from the NLRB website at:
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/facts.asp

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