NIRA
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NIRA is the commonly used acronym for the National Industrial Recovery Act, a key 1933 New Deal law aimed at stabilizing the U.S. economy during the Great Depression.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
New Deal legislation
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United States federal statute → |
| acronym |
NIRA
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| aimedTo |
improve labor conditions
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raise prices and wages → stimulate industrial production → |
| authorized |
collective bargaining rights for workers
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industrial codes of fair competition → |
| country |
United States
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| createdAgency |
National Recovery Administration
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Public Works Administration → |
| dateOfEnactment |
1933-06-16
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| declaredUnconstitutionalBy |
Supreme Court of the United States
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| economicPhilosophy |
corporatism
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planned economy elements → |
| enactedDuring |
Great Depression
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| enactedInYear |
1933
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| encouraged |
industry-wide codes negotiated by business, labor, and government
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| historicalSignificance |
expanded federal role in regulating industry and labor relations
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first major New Deal industrial recovery measure → |
| influenced |
later U.S. labor and wage-hour legislation
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| inForceStatus |
struck down and largely inoperative after 1935
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| keyCourtCase |
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
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| laborProvision |
Section 7(a)
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| legislativeBody |
United States Congress
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| partOf |
New Deal
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| presidentAtEnactment |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| primaryGoal |
economic recovery
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industrial stabilization → reduction of unemployment → |
| providedFor |
maximum hours
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minimum wages → |
| publicLawNumber |
Public Law 73-67
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| reasonUnconstitutional |
exceeded Congress power under Commerce Clause as applied
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unlawful delegation of legislative power → |
| replacedInPartBy |
Fair Labor Standards Act
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National Labor Relations Act → |
| section |
Title I
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Title II → |
| section7aGuaranteed |
right to organize and bargain collectively
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| section7aProhibited |
yellow-dog contracts
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| signedBy |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| statutesAtLargeCitation |
48 Stat. 195
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| subjectOf |
New Deal historiography
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| title |
National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
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| titleIIPurpose |
public works and construction projects
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| titleIPurpose |
industrial recovery and fair competition codes
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| unconstitutionalDecisionYear |
1935
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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National Industrial Recovery Act
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acronym |
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National Industrial Recovery Act
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shortName |