On July 6, 2010, the National Labor Relations Board celebrated 75 years of its existence as the federal agency tasked with enforcing the National Labor Relations Act. The primary law governing relations between employers and employees in the private sector was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 5, 1935.
The NLRB has also put up a commemorative website (http://www.nlrb.gov/75th/index.html) that has links to YouTube, and will sponsor events across the country, culminating in a two-day symposium in late October, 2010, in Washington, D.C. on the NLRA’s legacy and prospects for its future, co-sponsored by the NLRB and the George Washington University School of Law.