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Taft Hartley Act (1947)
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Taft Hartley Act (1947)
How it came about
What the Bill did
Effects
A federal law that monitors the activities and power of labor unions
Presidents Have used this act 35 times
The Republicans won the majority in both houses - Election 1946
Worked on all but 2
Gave the President power to create a board to investigate possible strikes
There were large labor movements following WWII - 25% labor was unionized
1971 when President Nixon invoked the law to end a longshoremen's strike
Made more types of strikes illegal
5 million American workers were involved in strikes, four times longer than those during the war
Also known as the Labor Management Relations Act
Heavily Restricted Union Shops and other Union related power
This act was created to help control unions and laborer's power
Congress Passed Over Truman's Veto
Was a major revision of the Wagner Act
Labor Leaders called it the "Slave Labor" bill