What would Gompers and Haywood think of the NLRA?The National Labor Relations Act was proposed by Democratic Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York in 1933 and signed into law by Congress on July 5, 1935. The Act National Labor Relations Act (US-History.com's National Labor Relations Act) "required employers to recognize unions that were favored by a majority of their workforce." Essentially, the National Labor Relations Act establishes the right to collective bargaining for employees, but certain limitations and regulations are required. Considered by some to be the "Magna Carta of American labor", others believe that the implementation of this law may have been pushed "to help ward off...potentially revolutionary labor unrest" ("National Labor Relations Act") ). Samuel Gompers and Bill Haywood are both important figures in the labor movement, but I think they would have opposing views on the NLRA. Samuel Gompers (according to "Samuel Gompers" of US-History.com) was the son of poor Jewish immigrants. from Holland to England and followed his father's profession of cigar making. He became active in commerce and was the first registered member of the International Union of Cigar Markers in 1864. He rose through the ranks of the union, being elected president of his union's Local 144 in New York in 1864 , then elected president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924. He was politically conservative and avoided anything socialist, because he "accepted capitalism as the natural method of organizing production" (" Samuel Gompers,” US-History.com). I believe that Samuel Gompers would have provisionally supported this bill because, although he worked more on economic reform than on ...... middle of paper ...... Workers of the World | A great union! June 13, 2005. the web. April 27, 2011. Kazin, Michael. "Heaven on Earth. Leaders and Thinkers: Samuel Gompers and Eugene V. Debs | PBS." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. Internet. April 27, 2011. “National Labor Relations Act.” History of the United States. Internet. April 27, 2011. "Samuel Gompers (1850 - 1924)." Aflcio.org - American labor movement. Internet. April 27, 2011. “Samuel Gompers.” History of the United States. Internet. April 27, 2011. “William Haywood: Biography.” Educational Spartacus - Home Page. Internet. April 27. 2011. .