What is the National Labor Relations Board, who is on it, how are they selected, and how does it work?

Governance rule

The NLRA regulates labor relations in almost all private sector businesses in the United States that affect interstate commerce. The NLRA does not cover public employees (who are covered by state labor relations laws), agricultural employees, or employees in the railroad and airline industries. Labor relations in the latter industries are governed by the Railway Labor Act

Function

The NLRB has two main functions: determining representation and preventing unfair labor practices.

members

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), an administrative agency of the federal government, administers the NLRA. The NLRB consists of five members who serve staggered five-year terms. The NLRB members are nominated by the president of the United States and must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

basic principles

The collective bargaining system in the United States as governed by the NLRA has five basic principles: employee choice, majority rule, exclusive representation, the "appropriate bargaining unit," and labor and management determination of terms and conditions of employment.

purpose

basic federal law that governs unionization and collective bargaining in the United States. When it was originally enacted in 1935, the NLRA was called the Wagner Act, based on the name of its main sponsor, Senator Robert Wagner of New York. The NLRA underwent major amendments in the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, also called the Labor-Management Relations Act. The NLRA was also amended in 1958 and in 1974.