But it took 1935, the Wagner act, after people were being bloodied and murdered, and a whole lot of other things to keep them from organizing. The Wagner act guaranteed the rights of workers to unionize, engage in collective bargaining for higher wages, better conditions, and if necessary, to strike. And this is still the foundation of American labor law and worker protections. Now, policymakers have been trying to whittle away at that for years. (06:02–06:10)
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Asserts that the Wagner Act guarantees workers' rights to unionize and engage in collective bargaining.
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