The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) was passed by Congress in 1935 to "encourage a healthy relationship between private-sector workers and their employers". Up to this time, employers were not required to recognize a union or to bargain with their employees in good faith. This law established workers' rights to join unions and allowed them to become involved in collective bargaining. The NRLA made it illegal for employers to discriminate against their employees for union-related activities, and created the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to enforce the law. It also made it legal for unions to represent workers, described the basic rights for workers, and granted workers the right to not take part in union-related activities. The Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), also known as the Taft-Hartley Labor Act, was passed in 1947 to limit the number of strikes and to outlaw secondary boycotts. In 1959, Congress passed the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA); its purpose was to increase the level of democracy within unions.