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.
According to the CDC, in 2013, 611,105 people died of heart disease, 584,881 died of cancer, and 149,205 died of chronic respiratory diseaseâthe top three causes of death in the U.S. The newly calculated figure for medical errors puts this cause of death behind cancer but ahead of respiratory disease.