Fulfilling the Promise of the National Labor Relations Act: A Review of Taking Back the Workers' Law

Hodges, Ann C., Labor Law Journal

FULFILLING THE PROMISE OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT: A REVIEW OF TAKING BACK THE WORKERS' LAW

Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration.1

Ellen Dannin's excellent book, Taking Back the Workers Law, reminds us of the importance of labor as reflected in the enactment of the National Labor Relations Act in 1935. In these days when private sector union membership has declined to the single digits,2 this is a timely reminder. Of course, scholars and unionists have bemoaned this decline for years, …

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Publication information: Article title: Fulfilling the Promise of the National Labor Relations Act: A Review of Taking Back the Workers' Law. Contributors: Hodges, Ann C. - Author. Journal title: Labor Law Journal. Volume: 57. Issue: 3 Publication date: Fall 2006. Page number: 176+. © CCH Incorporated: Health & Human Resources Fall 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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