The Wagner Act, passed by U.S. Congress in 1935, gave many workers the right to form and join unions, and it allowed collective bargaining. These changes enabled investigations into abuses by the coal companies operating in Harlan and helped bring about the eventual unionization of Harlan miners under the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA).
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