The National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 had provided the country’s ﬁrst minimum wage law, had guaranteed the right of unions to bargain collectively, and had outlawed “yellowdog” contracts, which required employees to pledge that they would not join a union. Never before in American history had a president been so sympathetic to their needs and so willing to convert that sympathy into protective legislation.

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