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What is the National Labor Relations Act?

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) deals with the role of unions as the bargaining representative of employees and prohibits discrimination in employment based on union activity or other protected concerted activity.

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The NLRA is referred to by several different names. It is also called the Wagner Act, and is part of the Labor-Management Relations Act (also called the Taft-Hartley Act).

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