Explain the diferences between RLA and NLRA/FLRA.

The Railway Labor Act (RLA)
is a federal law that was passed in 1926 to govern labor relations in the railroad
industry, and amended in 1936 to include the airline industry.  It's a tool that's
used for more collective bargaining, arbitration, and strikes within the member
industries.  Under its auspices, employees have more rights and more protection.  href="http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_Labor_Act">http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_Labor_Act

The
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), often called the Wagner Act, was
passed as a federal law in 1935 as a means for employees to have more bargaining
power by creating labor unions.  It does not apply to employees covered by
the RLA, upper level management of agricultural and domestic firms,
all federal, state, or local government employees, and the owners of independent
contracting firms.  It's more for the lower eschelons of the private sector (such as
blue collar laborers).  It came about after the Great Depression when so many
people were affected by unemployment.  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLRA">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLRA

Now,
the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) has nothing to
do with either the RLA or the NLRA.  It's an independent agency within the United States
government that mediates between it and its own employees.  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Labor_Relations_Authority">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Labor_Relations_Authority

The
only similarity I find between all three of them is that they were all set up by the U.
S. government, and they all help employees have more rights and get better benefits from
their employers.