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HISTORY-- Which New Deal program sought to make it easier for workers to organize into unions by prohibiting employers from firing or retaliating against workers for attempts at unionization?
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the Glass-Steagal Act |
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B. |
the National Labor Relations Act / “Wagner Act” |
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C. |
the Public Works Administration |
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D. |
the Resettlement Administration |
The Wagner Act of 1935, also known as the National Labor Relations Act, guarantees the right of workers to organize and outlines the legal framework for labor union and management relations. In addition to protecting workers, the Act provided a framework for collective bargaining. It was designed to make it more likely that commercial interests could be conducted without disruptions from strikes thus protecting businesses and the economy as well as workers.
Hence ( B ) part is a correct answer