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Six Ways a 78-Year-Old Law is Still Screwing Workers
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 June 24, 2025 | LABOR HISTORY | If you’ve ever watched a union campaign get crushed by employer intimidation, wondered why you see so few strikes, or been frustrated that unions don’t demand more on climate or racial justice, you’re seeing the effects of a US law passed 78 years ago. On June 23, 1947, the United States Congress overrode a presidential veto to enact the Labor Management Relations Act, better known as the Taft-Hartley Act. Pushed through by a coalition of conservative Southern Democrats and Republicans during a wave of postwar strikes and growing public support for unions, the law gave employers new legal weapons and undercut some of organized labor’s most powerful tactics. Nearly eight decades later, most of its provisions are still in place. Center for Economic Policy and Research
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