Work in progress — cycles are added one at a time. Every quote is machine-verified against an archived source; follow the links to read it.

1936 › Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) › Right to organize and bargain collectively

Guard the worker's right to organize and bargain collectively

pledge_forwarddirectional_stancecandidate_directevidence A Labor & Employment⚡ The "Second New Deal" (1935) similar solutions · similar reasoning

Solution

Keep the Wagner Act's guarantee of self-organization free from employer interference and the federal machinery for settling disputes; resist the 'labor spy' tactics of the pay-envelope campaign.

Rationale

The right to bargain was 'written into the law of the land'; a return to labor spies would disrupt 'the hope for a new peace between worker and employer.'

Statements (2)

1936-06-25 · Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia (platform) · conventionparty_platform ✓ verified

We will continue to protect the worker and we will guard his rights, both as wage-earner and consumer, in the production and consumption of all commodities, including coal and water power and other natural resource products.

Source: 1936 Democratic Party Platform (1936-06-23)

1936-10-31 · Madison Square Garden, New York · generalcandidate_direct ✓ verified

Only reckless men, heedless of consequences, would risk the disruption of the hope for a new peace between worker and employer by returning to the tactics of the labor spy.

Source: Address at Madison Square Garden, New York City (1936-10-31)

Follow-through

kept

The Wagner Act was upheld (NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin, April 12, 1937) and enforced through the sit-down wave and the CIO's organizing drives; Roosevelt refused to appoint a commission to revise it (June 1938) though he kept aloof from the GM sit-down.

Mechanisms

Date	Type	Name	Effect	Consistent?	Source
1937-04-12	litigation	Wagner Act upheld in NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel charted on: Unemployment rate (BLS, 1948–) · Unemployment rate (NBER series, 1929–1942)	Constitutionality settled. it was upheld in the Supreme Court case of NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. , decided April 12, 1937.	yes	National Labor Relations Act of 1935 - Wikipedia
1938-06-10	message	Letter refusing a commission to revise the NLRA charted on: Unemployment rate (BLS, 1948–) · Unemployment rate (NBER series, 1929–1942)	Blocked a congressional move to reopen the Act. I wish to call to your attention the fact that I have no intention of appointing any commission to study the operation of the National Labor Relations Act.	yes	Letter on the National Labor Relations Act.

Assessments

kept Wikipedia contributors — National Labor Relations Act of 1935 - Wikipedia

The Act survived intact until Taft-Hartley (1947).

Other positions on this issue

Collective bargaining by representatives of the employees' own choice, 'without the interference of any one' — Herbert Hoover, 1932 directional_stance
Government as umpire and mediator; develop conciliation instead of rushing disputes to the President's doorstep — Alf Landon, 1936 vague_gesture
Labor's right to organize in any union it prefers, free from coercion by employer, fellow employee or anyone else; organizers' lawful activity protected — Alf Landon, 1936 directional_stance

1936-fdr-support-collective-bargaining · created by claude-fable-5-1 · review: unreviewed