The Making of the National Labor Relations Board: A Study in Economics, Politics, and the Law 1933-1937SUNY Press, 1974 M01 1 - 265 pages Definitive study of the NLRB as an administrative agency which became one of the most important political and legal developments in the last century as it influenced the growth of a national labor policy and the use of administrative processes and legal methods in U.S. labor relations. Fifty in-depth oral history interviews with individuals prominent in the history of NLRB supplement data from NLRB files and the National Archives. |
Contents
PostConstitutionality The NLRBs Vigorous Enforcement of the Wagner Act | 12 |
Controversial NLRB Decisions A Public Attack and a Political Reaction | 31 |
The AFLNLRB Alliance Weakening But Still Effective | 49 |
The AFLEmployer Alliance Solidifies | 68 |
The Aftermath of the 1938 Congressional Elections Senate and House Hearings on Amendments and a Special House Committee to Investigate the N... | 92 |
Leiserson and Witt An Internal Power Struggle | 116 |
Communists and Other Leftists at the NLRB | 136 |
The Special House Committee to Investigate the NLRB | 156 |
The NLRB Under Investigation Regional Directors Trial Examiners and Review Attorneys | 177 |
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Page 378 - ... that relates to any matter under investigation or in question. Any member of the Board shall have power to issue subpenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of any evidence that relates to any matter under investigation or in question before the Board, its member, agent, or agency conducting the hearing or investigation.
Page 378 - Territory or possession thereof, at any designated place of hearing. "(2) In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena issued to any person, any district court of the United States or the United States courts of any Territory or possession, or the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia...