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The Wagner Act protects the workers' right to unionization. It allows the workers to organize labor unions and engage in collective bargaining, to ensure fair wages and fair treatment.
Wilson supported the Federal Farm Loan Act, the Federal Workmen's Compensation Act, the Adamson Act, and the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act.
The Wagner Act was implemented in 1935 and is still used today. It was successful at protecting workers from interference of getting involved in unions.
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At the time there were two types of unions, company made unions, and unions made by the workers. The Wagner Act shifted the power towards the latter causing more and more legal decisions to go their way.