Labor law has been ‘turned inside out to help the powerful,’ James A. Gross says
WASHINGTON - U.S. labor law “has been turned inside out, protecting the powerful rather than the powerless” in the 75 years since the National Labor Relations Act was enacted, a top labor historian says.
“And by that standard, it’s a failure,” adds James A. Gross of the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
Gross was the most provocative of many speakers at the opening Oct. 27 session of a day-and-a-half conference commemorating the 75th anniversary of the NLRA, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed on July 5, 1935....
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“And by that standard, it’s a failure,” adds James A. Gross of the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
Gross was the most provocative of many speakers at the opening Oct. 27 session of a day-and-a-half conference commemorating the 75th anniversary of the NLRA, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed on July 5, 1935....