; they must rely on the National Labor Relations Board to prosecute their case. (7) Unlike orders of other federal agencies, the National Labor Relations Board’s orders are not enforced until the Board seeks enforcement from the Court of Appeals. As far back as 1969, the Administrative Conference of the United States recognized that the absence of a self-enforcing agency order imposes wasteful delays in the enforcement of the Act, and recommended that the Board’s orders be made self-enforcing like those of other agencies. Congress did not act upon this recommendation, and delays in the Board’s enforcement remain a problem for the Act to be an effective law. (8) Many workers do not currently enjoy the protections of the Act because they are excluded from coverage by the statute or interpretations of the statute. (9) Too often, workers who choose to form unions are frustrated when their employers use delay and other tactics to avoid reaching an initial collective bargaining agreement. Estimates are that in as many as half of new organizing campaigns, workers and their employers fail to reach an initial collective bargaining agreement. (10) In order to make the right to collective bargaining and freedom of association in the workplace a reality for workers, the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) must be strengthened. 3. Purposes The purposes of this Act are to— (1) strengthen protections for employees engaged in collective action to improve their wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment; (2) expand coverage under the Act to more employees; (3) provide a process by which workers and employers can successfully negotiate an initial collective bargaining agreement; (4) provide for stronger remedies for employees who face retaliation, discrimination, or other interference with the legal right of the employees to engage in collective action