A statutory preference for using collective bargaining to resolve conflicts in the employment relationship and for roughly balancing the power of management and labor was established by the _____.

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The Wagner Act (also known as the National Labor Relations Act) and the Taft-Hartley Act both established a legal framework for labor-management relations, which included a preference for collective bargaining as a means of resolving disputes and balancing the power of the two sides. The Byrnes Act dealt with labor-management relations in the railroad industry, the Copeland Anti-Kickback Act addressed fraud in federal contracts, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act addressed organized crime.

A Statutory Preference for Using Collective Bargaining to Resolve Conflicts