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The New Dealers tried to raise wages through Title 7(a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act. Title 7(a) gave labor unions the legal right to bargain collectively, and the Roosevelt administration usually backed labor in its disputes with management. When the NRA was struck down by the Supreme Court, Congress passed the Wagner Act, which continued the right to bargain collectively, authorized the Fair Labor Standards Act, which continued the forty-hour workweek and prohibited child labor, and established the National Labor Relations Board to mediate industrial disputes. When labor unions added the clout of the sitdown strike to government assistance, they secured for themselves living wages and purchasing power.
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