Taft-Hartley Act of 1947

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Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:labor_unions_in_the_United_States
collective bargaining
labor-management relations
gptkbp:allows union shops
right-to-work laws
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:National_Labor_Relations_Act
gptkbp:codifiedIn 29 U.S.C. §§ 141–197
gptkbp:controversy opposed by labor unions
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Robert_A._Taft
gptkb:Fred_A._Hartley_Jr.
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Taft-Hartley_Act
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Labor_Management_Relations_Act_of_1947
gptkbp:overridesVeto gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:permits injunctions against strikes threatening national health or safety
gptkbp:prohibits gptkb:secondary_boycotts
gptkb:wildcat_strikes
closed shops
jurisdictional strikes
mass picketing
closed shop agreements
gptkbp:purpose regulate labor unions
restrict union activities
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Landrum-Griffin_Act
gptkb:Wagner_Act
gptkbp:repealedBy no
gptkbp:requires union leaders to sign non-communist affidavits
gptkbp:section gptkb:Section_8
Section 7
Section 9
Section 14(b)
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:supportedBy business interests
gptkbp:vetoedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Right-to-Work_Laws
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6