June 16, 1933

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Industrial Recovery Act. One of its provisions recognized the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively through unions. The "Blue Eagle," as it came to be known, was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. Despite the court's ruling, Roosevelt's action helped spur massive union organizing. Finally, in 1935, Congress passed the National Labor Relations Act, the foundation of today's labor law.