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The Taft–Hartley bill that emerged from a conference committee incorporated aspects from both the House and Senate bills. [4] The bill was promoted by large business lobbies, including the National Association of Manufacturers. [5] David Dubinsky of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union speaks against the Taft–Hartley Act, 4 May 1947
Taft-Hartley was meant to curb the power of unions. The law was introduced by two Republicans — Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio and Rep. Fred Hartley Jr. of New Jersey — in the aftermath of World War II.
Employees who had been fired had no recourse to legal action against the employer, but "most States have statutes which make criminal the establishment of a blacklist." [4] The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 made amendments which sustained blacklisting by affirming the right of employers to be anti-union, and by requiring trade union leaders to make ...
The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 made amendments which sustained blacklisting by affirming the right of employers to be anti-union, and by requiring trade union leaders to make loyalty oaths which had the same effect as the Hollywood blacklist.
Presidents have used Taft-Hartley 37 times to intervene in labor disputes over the past eight decades, according to the Congressional Research Service. Biden has never done so, ...
The Taft–Hartley Act [143] was a major revision of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (the Wagner Act) and represented the first major revision of a New Deal act passed by a post-war Congress. In the mid-term elections of 1946, the Republican Party gained majorities in both houses for the first time since 1931.
Passed in 1947, the Taft-Hartley Act was a revision of U.S. law governing labor relations and union activity that granted a U.S. president the power to suspend a strike for an 80-day “cooling ...
Reagan's first tenure saw various labor–management disputes, [53] the Hollywood blacklist, [54] and the Taft–Hartley Act's implementation. [55] Reagan aligned the union with the studios against the Conference of Studio Unions in the aftermath of the Hollywood Black Friday strike.