Taft–Hartley Act

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United States federal statute labor law

The Taft–Hartley Act is a 1947 U.S. federal labor law that significantly restricted the powers of labor unions and amended the original National Labor Relations Act.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Taft–Hartley Act canonical 9
Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 7
Labor Management Relations Act 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
labor law ⓘ
administeredBy National Labor Relations Board ⓘ
affects private-sector employees ⓘ
private-sector employers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ
surface form: LMRA
amends National Labor Relations Act ⓘ
authorizes right-to-work laws by states ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Code Title 29 ⓘ
surface form: Title 29 of the United States Code
continues unfair labor practices for employers ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creates unfair labor practices for unions ⓘ
criticizedFor weakening union power ⓘ
empowers President of the United States to seek injunctions to halt strikes that imperil national health or safety ⓘ
enactedIn 1947 ⓘ
establishes procedures for handling national emergency strikes ⓘ
excludes most public-sector employees ⓘ
formalName Taft–Hartley Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Labor Management Relations Act of 1947
introducedBy Fred A. Hartley Jr. ⓘ
Robert A. Taft ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
legalArea labor and employment law ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
limits closed shop agreements ⓘ
namedAfter Fred A. Hartley Jr. ⓘ
Robert A. Taft ⓘ
opposedBy American Federation of Labor ⓘ
Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ
organized labor ⓘ
permits states to ban union security agreements ⓘ
politicalContext post–World War II labor unrest ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
prohibits certain forms of political contributions by unions ⓘ
certain union unfair labor practices ⓘ
jurisdictional strikes in many circumstances ⓘ
secondary boycotts in many circumstances ⓘ
region United States of America ⓘ
regulates labor–management relations ⓘ
union shop agreements ⓘ
requires union officers to file non-communist affidavits ⓘ
restricts powers of labor unions ⓘ
shortName Taft–Hartley Act self-link ⓘ
signedBy President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
subjectMatter collective bargaining ⓘ
labor relations ⓘ
labor unions ⓘ
supportedBy Republican Party leaders in 1947 ⓘ
vetoedBy President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
vetoOverriddenBy United States Congress ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Labor Relations Act → relatedTo → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
National Labor Relations Act → amendedBy → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Labor Management Relations Act of 1947
National Labor Relations Act → amendedBy → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
Truman administration domestic policy → hasPart → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
Truman administration domestic policy → hasPart → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Labor–Management Relations Act of 1947
80th United States Congress → passed → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
Taft–Hartley Act → formalName → Taft–Hartley Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Labor Management Relations Act of 1947
Taft–Hartley Act → shortName → Taft–Hartley Act self-link ⓘ
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 → relatedTo → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
Robert A. Taft → notableWork → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
Robert A. Taft → coAuthorOf → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Labor Management Relations Act of 1947
United States labor law → hasKeyFederalStatute → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Labor Management Relations Act
Landrum–Griffin Act → amends → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Labor Management Relations Act of 1947
Fred A. Hartley Jr. → notableWork → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Labor Management Relations Act of 1947
Fred A. Hartley Jr. → coAuthorOf → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Labor Management Relations Act of 1947
Fred A. Hartley Jr. → signatureWork → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
Mr. Republican → notableWork → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert A. Taft
this entity surface form: Taft–Hartley Act (co-sponsor)
Mr. Republican → coAuthored → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert A. Taft
this entity surface form: Labor Management Relations Act of 1947
SAG-AFTRA Health Plan and Pension Plan → typeOfPlan → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taft-Hartley plan
Smith-Connally Act → relatedTo → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taft-Hartley Act
conservative coalition in Congress → supported → Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ