Labor Management Relations Act of 1947

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Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects collective bargaining
labor disputes
union security agreements
gptkbp:allows union shops
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Taft-Hartley_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:National_Labor_Relations_Act
gptkbp:appliesTo private sector employees
gptkbp:approvedBy president to seek injunctions to stop strikes
gptkbp:category 1947 in American law
Labor relations in the United States
gptkbp:codifiedIn 29 U.S.C. §§ 141–197
gptkbp:dateEnacted June 23, 1947
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:National_Labor_Relations_Board
gptkbp:establishes gptkb:Federal_Mediation_and_Conciliation_Service
gptkbp:excludes government employees
railroad workers
airline workers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Labor Management Relations Act of 1947
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Robert_A._Taft
gptkb:Fred_A._Hartley_Jr.
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:organized_labor
gptkbp:permits states to pass right-to-work laws
gptkbp:prohibits gptkb:secondary_boycotts
gptkb:wildcat_strikes
closed shops
jurisdictional strikes
mass picketing
gptkbp:purpose restrict activities and power of labor unions
gptkbp:regulates labor unions
employers
gptkbp:repealedBy none
gptkbp:requires union leaders to sign non-communist affidavits
gptkbp:section gptkb:Section_301
Section 14(b)
Section 8(b)
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:supportedBy business interests
gptkbp:vetoedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Taft-Hartley_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4