1947 Taft Hartley Act
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- Created on: 03-05-17 10:26
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- 1947 Taft Hartley Act
- Passed to the curtain union power
- Unions were liable for breach of contact
- Unions couldn't insist that workers should strike
- 80 day 'cooling off' period before the strikes
- In 1952, Unions threatened to strike
- Truman seized control of the steels mills
- Truman was accused of having Hitlerite policies
- Supreme Court ruled that Truman had exceeded presidential authority
- Strikes still went ahead
- Military output was cut by 1/3
- This act settled on the same terms, originally set by Truman
- Truman was humiliated BUT the economy was booming
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