Costigan-Wagner Act

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amends gptkb:Labor_Management_Relations_Act
gptkbp:associatedWith New Deal legislation
social justice initiatives
economic recovery efforts
political reforms
worker protections
labor_movement_in_the_U.S.
gptkbp:coInventor Representative_William_A._Wagner
gptkbp:criticism business groups
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkb:Labor_Management_Relations_Act
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:National_Labor_Relations_Board
gptkbp:goal to protect the rights of workers
gptkbp:historicalContext Great Depression
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first federal law regulating labor unions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Costigan-Wagner Act
gptkbp:impact labor unions
gptkbp:influenced subsequent labor laws
gptkbp:influencedBy New_Deal_policies
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Senator_John_A._Costigan
gptkbp:legacy influenced future labor legislation
gptkbp:legalStatus established requirements for union registration
gptkbp:mandates penalties for non-compliance
disclosure of union finances
protection against unfair labor practices
requirements for union elections
rights of employees to organize
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:National_Labor_Relations_Act
gptkbp:purpose to provide for the registration of labor organizations
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:NLRB_v._Jones_&_Laughlin_Steel_Corp.
gptkbp:relatedTo employment law
civil rights
collective bargaining
economic policy
political activism
labor relations
labor rights advocacy
worker rights
social policy
union representation
union democracy
gptkbp:significantEvent signed_into_law_by_President_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:supportedBy labor activists
gptkbp:targets labor organizations
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1934