How far did the character of the New Deal change after 1933?

The National Labor Relations Act

replaced Nira

It was a charter for the workers

This act gave workers the right to form and join trade unions

Employers could not penalise those workers who did so

The National Labor Relations Board was set up to protect the rights of workers

In 1936 John Lewis

brought together many separate unions into one big organisation

Called the Congress of Industrial Organisation (CIO)

Some big companies

refused to let their workers join a union

In 1937

Sit-down strikes in the car and steel industries

Followed by all-out strikes

Involving violent clashes between strikers and police

The 2nd New Deal

Roosevelt met with a group of senators and close advisers

They persuated him to

Take radical steps to achive his vision

Make the USA a fairer place for all Americans

He presented with a huge range of laws that he wanted passed

Wagner Act

Forced employers to allow trade unions in their companies

Let them negotiate pay and conditions

It made illegal to sack workers for being in prison

Social Security Act

Provided State pensions for the elderly and widows

Provide help fot the sick and the disable

If workers become unenployed, they would recive a small amount to help them out until they could find work

Work Progress Administration (WPA)

Brought together all the organizations whoose aim was to create jobs

It also extended this work beyond buildings projects to create jobs for office workers and even unenployed actors, artist and photographers

The government paid artists to paint pictures to be displayed in the city or town they featured

The Resettle Administration (RA)

Helped smallholders and tenant farmers who had not been helped

The Farm Security Administration (FSA)

Replaced de RA in 1937

It gave special loans to small farmers to help them buy their land

It also built camps to provide decent living conditions and work for migrant workers

Social Security Act

Has been called the most far reaching piece of social legislation in US history

It was really severallaws inc and provided for:

Pensions for the old and widows of up to $85 a month

Help for the disbiled and children in need

A national system of insurance for the unemployed

Soil conservation Act

Replaced the AAA

Which had been rule ilegal by the Supreme Court

It made grants to farmers who improved and conserved the soil on their lands

Fair Labor Standards Act

Built on the Wagner Act of 1935

It established maximum hours of work and minimum wages

It also controlled the use of child labour

Roosevelt's aims after 1933

Turned his attention to social reform

Provide security for those affected by the Depression

To give more protection to the working population

Replace the agencies ruled illegal

By the Supreme Court

Works Progress Administration, 1934

A big new public works agency

Set up to put people to work on projects valuable to the community

Run by Harry Hopkins

Workof the CWA and the PWA

By 1937

had been copleted 1100 schools and public buildings

69000 kilometres of roads

Employment was also given to workers in other areas

Umemployed writers

To produce guide book to states and cities

Artists

Painted murals

Actors

sent out on nationwide tours

The WPA gave work to 2 million people a year

Securities and Exchange Commission, 1934

Set up to prevent another "Wall Street Crash"

Regulated the conduct of the stock

People now had to make a minimum down payment of 50-60 percent

Before buying shares