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Taft-Hartley Act

United States of America · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1947

Harry S Truman23 June 1947

Government / Republican Party Government

The Taft-Hartley Act declares the closed shop illegal and permits the union shop only after a vote of a majority of the employees. The Taft-Hartley Act (also known as the Labor-Management Relations Act) is passed over the veto of Harry S.

Harry S Truman23 June 1947

Government / Republican Party Government

The Taft-Hartley Act enables the United States Attorney General the power to obtain an 80-day injunction when a threatened or actual strike that he/she believed "imperiled the national health or safety".

Harry S Truman23 June 1947

Government / Republican Party Government

The Taft-Hartley Act forbids jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts & allows the right of employers to be exempted from bargaining with unions unless they wish to.

Harry S Truman23 June 1947

Government / Republican Party Government

The Taft-Hartley Act forbids unions from contributing to political campaigns and requires union leaders to affirm they were not supporters of the Communist Party.

Harry S Truman23 June 1947

Government / Republican Party Government

Truman, when it was passed by Congress Truman denounces it as a "slave-labor bill"

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Harry S Truman

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