Smith-Connally Act

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The Smith-Connally Act was a 1943 U.S. wartime law that gave the federal government authority to seize and operate industries threatened by labor strikes in order to maintain wartime production.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law
wartime emergency legislation
affectedGroup industrial employers
labor unions
aimedToProtect continuous operation of war industries
alsoKnownAs War Labor Disputes Act
appliesTo labor relations
war production
authorizedAction federal operation of industries
seizure of industrial plants
context home front policies of World War II United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
enactedDuring World War II
enactedInYear 1943
enactedToAddress labor unrest in defense industries
enforcementBy executive branch of the United States
gavePowerTo United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
goal to ensure uninterrupted military supplies
historicalSignificance expanded federal authority over labor disputes during World War II
impactOn collective bargaining in wartime industries
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
legalDomain public law
legalStatus federal statute
legislativeBody United States Congress
limitedRight right to strike in war industries
namedAfter Howard W. Smith
Tom Connally
policyArea labor law
war powers
precededBy Norris-LaGuardia Act
purpose to limit the impact of labor strikes during wartime
to prevent interruptions in war production
relatedTo National War Labor Board
Taft–Hartley Act
surface form: Taft-Hartley Act
restricted political contributions by labor unions in federal elections
scope industries essential to war production
subjectMatter industrial disputes
labor strikes
war production controls
temporalContext wartime emergency
timePeriod 1940s
typeOfRestriction regulation of union political expenditures

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