Until passage of the Wagner Act in 1935, workers could express themselves through nonunion employee representation [NER]. Nonunion Employee Representation: History, Contemporary Practice, and Policy His argument is that prewar labour law, including the Wagner Act, did not in fact consolidate this system or even put unionism itself on a secure footing.
1 Secondhand smoke causes approximately 7,330 deaths from lung cancer and 33,950 deaths from heart disease each year. 2  1. 3  Between 1964 and 2014, 2.5 million people died from exposure to secondhand smoke, according to a report from the U.S. Surgeon General.
An estimated 156,940 deaths, accounting for about 27% of all cancer deaths, are expected to occur in 2011. Since 1987, more women have died each year from lung cancer than from breast cancer. The decrease in death rates that began in men in 1991 accelerated to 3.0% per year in 2005.n estimated 19,590 liver cancer deaths (6,330 women, 13,260 men) are expected in 2011. Since 1998, death rates for liver cancer have increased by 2.1% per year in men and by 1.3% per year in women. Incidence and mortality rates are more than twice as high in men as in women.