Question

The act is generally known as the Wagner Act, after Senator Robert R. Wagner of New York. Use the case you identified in the discussion preparation on unfair labor practices in a health care organization. Summarize the case law findings.

Answer 1

The purpose of the Wagner Act was to establish the legal right of most workers to join labour unions and to bargain collectively with their employers. It also prohibited employers from engaging in unfair labour practices.

The case identified in the discussion on unfair labor practices in a healthcare organisation was when the hospital cut the nurses' retiree health benefit by 30 percent and told them to file for retirement by January 31 if they wanted to retire with the current benefit.

The law findings of this case are as follows,

1)violation of nurses' rights

2)depriving nurses of their union rights

3)refusal to engage in good faith negotiations with the nurses to reach agreement on a new union contract.

4)employers unilaterally changing working conditions without the collective bargaining process, mediation and fact-finding, which is forbidden by the law as mentioned above.