History

--Roots of 
the ILA

--The Dawn 
of Unionism

--First 
Longshoremen's
Union

--ILA
Beginnings

--Early Threats
To Unionism

--Realism 
and Caution

--The Haymarket
Riot

--Creation of
the ILA

--Affiliation with
AFL-CIO

--Fighting
Communism
and racism

--ILA arrives in
New York

--ILA absorbs
LUPA

--Gangland
Myths

--Wagner Act

--Pacific Coast
Split

--ILA Accused
of Gangsterism

--Teddy Gleason
Fights to Save
the ILA

Teddy Gleason

--Elected President
of the ILA

--ILA in the
Present

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

The National Labor Relations Board was created by congress to administer the regulations of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. The organization represented unions as a whole and assisted in their collective bargaining with employers for fair wages, set work hours, job promotions and health care benefits. The National Labor Relations Board was in essence, a third party mediator for unions and corporations. Their ability to conduct secret ballot elections for the unions and their peaceful politics helped curb violent strikes and miscommunication between the union workers and their employers.

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