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	Taft-Hartley Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Act, still largely in effect, was sponsored by Senator Robert Taft and Representative Fred A. Hartley, Jr.
		The Congress that passed the Taft-Hartley Amendments considered repealing the Norris-LaGuardia Act to the extent necessary to permit courts to issue injunctions against strikes violating a no-strike clause, but chose not to do so.
		Economist Murray Rothbard opposed the Act as being an enforcement of involuntary servitude.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taft-Hartley_Act (1523 words)

	Right-to-work law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prior to the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act by Congress over President Harry S. Truman's veto in 1947, unions and employers covered by the National Labor Relations Act could lawfully agree to a "closed shop", in which employees at unionized workplaces are required to be members of the union as a condition of employment.
		Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act goes further and authorizes individual states (but not local governments, such as cities or counties) to outlaw the union shop and agency shop for employees working in their jurisdictions.
		Right-to-work laws are statutes enforced in several U.S. States, allowed under provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act, which discourages collective bargaining by prohibiting trade unions from making membership a condition of employment, either before or after hire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Right-to-work (962 words)

	How Did the Taft-Hartley Act Come About?
		The Taft-Hartley Act was a major revision of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (the Wagner Act) and represented the first major revision of a New Deal act passed by a post-war Congress.
		To the Wagner Act's list of prohibited management practices, the Taft-Hartley Act added a list of prohibited labor union practices.
		The act allowed the president, when he believed that a strike would endanger national health or safety, to appoint a board of inquiry to investigate the dispute.
	hnn.us /articles/1036.html (1098 words)

	Local lawyer had role in labor law
		Because of the legend of the Taft- Hartley connection, he clearly is the dean of local labor lawyers.
		“Taft said, "I'm under a lot of pressure to repeal the Wagner Act (the 1935 law protecting bargaining rights of unions).
		Taft once said strikes “are not as serious as represented in newspaper headlines, and it is far better in my opinion to suffer the inconvenience of strikes than have a completely government-regulated economy,” according to papers published in a biography by James Patterson.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2000/09/04/fin_local_lawyer_had.html (1166 words)

	National Labor Relations Act, an Encarta Encyclopedia Article Titled "National Labor Relations Act"
		The change was indicated by the passage of the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947, introduced in the Senate by Robert Taft of Ohio and in the House by Fred Hartley of New Jersey, and known as the Taft-Hartley Act.
		The Taft-Hartley Act also prohibited the checkoff of union dues without the written consent of employees; contributions by employers to union health and welfare funds not under joint labor-management administration; and contributions and expenditures by unions in connection with federal elections, primaries, and conventions.
		It provided further that anyone whose business or property is injured by a strike or stoppage for a purpose unlawful under the Taft-Hartley Act may sue for damages in the federal or state courts.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~cindylee/08.htm (773 words)

	Leon Sverdlove On the Taft-Hartley Act
		The Taft-Hartley Act, passed in 1947, symbolized the anti-labor climate of postwar America.
		If you didn’t sign the Taft-Hartley Act, you couldn’t have elections, you couldn’t present grievances against the employer for unfair labor practices.
		So we signed the Taft-Hartley Act, you know, we signed whatever the document was that to be signed that could resort to the Labor Board.
	historymatters.gmu.edu /d/6930 (790 words)

	Presidential Injunctions under the Taft Hartley Act
		The Taft-Hartley Act is the main federal law governing collective bargaining in the United States.
		Whenever a court issues an injunction under Section 178 of the Act, the parties of the dispute are required to make every effort to adjust and settle their differences, with the assistance of the federal mediation service (although neither party is under any duty to accept any proposal of the service).
		Under Section 176 of the Act, the President may appoint a board of inquiry to study the issues involved in a labor dispute, if in his/her opinion "a threatened or actual strike or lockout affecting an entire industry.
	www.ilwu19.com /edu/taft.htm (370 words)

	"Public Responsibilities . . . Public Wrongs": Union Officials Blame the Taft-Hartley Act for Mob Antiunion Violence
		My point is that you would have been in exactly the same situation under the Wagner Act as you were under the Taft-Hartley Act.
		We have a very important point to make, because this case in our judgment bears directly on the problem of the amendment of the Taft-Hartley law in section 2, subparagraph 2.
		The purpose of the National Labor Relations Act, the purpose of the concept of unfair labor practices, of administering the concept of unfair labor practices, is to do away with what has been described as public wrongs.
	historymatters.gmu.edu /d/6541 (3082 words)

	Taft-Hartley Act- 1947
		Any such labor organization may sue or be sued as an entity and in behalf of the employees whom it represents in the courts of the United States.
		Any individual employed by the United States or by any such agency who strikes shall be discharged immediately from employment, and shall forfeit his civil service status, if any, and shall not be eligible for re employment for three years by the United States or any such agency....
		The provisions of section 35 A of the Criminal Code shall be applicable in respect to such affidavits....
	www.multied.com /documents/Tafthatley.html (352 words)

	portland imc - 2002.08.11 - About the Taft-Hartley Act
		But under the Taft-Hartley Act, President Clinton could have ordered the strikers back to work and sabotaged their fight.
		A roughly similar bill was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio), the ultraconservative, wealthy son of a U.S. president who had political ambitions of his own.
		The anti-labor drive in Congress came to focus on two bills: The House bill was introduced by Rep. Fred Hartley (R-NJ), a right-winger who had been friendly to Hitler Germany and imperial Japan right up to the eve of World War 2.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2002/08/15952.shtml (830 words)

	Taft-Hartley Labor Act
		Sponsored by Senator Robert Alphonso Taft and Representative Fred Allan Hartley, the act qualified or amended much of the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act of 1935, the federal law regulating labor relations of enterprises engaged in interstate commerce, and it nullified parts of the Federal Anti-Injunction (Norris-LaGuardia) Act of 1932.
		Taft-Hartley Labor Act, 1947, passed by the U.S. Congress, officially known as the Labor-Management Relations Act.
		Landrum-Griffin Act - Landrum-Griffin Act, 1959, passed by the U.S. Congress, officially known as the Labor-Management...
	www.infoplease.com /id/A0847620.html (361 words)

	Presidential Papers, Doc#397 To William Fife Knowland, 25 August 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
		Taft's participation in the informal conferences on proposed revisions to the Taft-Hartley Act would be the subject of a September 30 memorandum to Eisenhower from Special Counsel to the President Bernard M. Shanley.
		Incidentally, I think you are aware of the fact that Senator Taft was present at several of the conferences at which were discussed proposed changes in the Taft-Hartley Act.
		Predicting that adoption of the President's proposals would "take the heart out of the Taft-Hartley Act," the drafters of the memorandum wrote that "it strengthens the already great power of labor unions without a consideration of the rights of individual members, employers or the general public."
	www.eisenhowermemorial.org /presidential-papers/first-term/documents/397.cfm (675 words)

	Essential Information
		Taft-Hartley undermined much of the gains achieved with passage of the National Labor Relations Act, which had been enacted to narrow the gap between employer and employee power and introduce a measure of democracy into the workplace, and to stimulate wages and the national economy.
		The Act sent a message to employers: It was OK to bust unions and deny workers their rights to collectively bargain.
		The Act, which was drafted by employers, fundamentally infringed on workers' human rights.
	www.essential.org /features/laborday.html (491 words)

	WSJ: Use of Taft-Hartley Act Often Gives Poor Result
		Bush is being pressed to impose: the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act.
		The White House has conducted an internal historical review of the use of Taft-Hartley and found it often doesn't produce the kind of long-term settlement both parties are seeking, according to people familiar with the deliberations.
		Bush has shown a willingness to act aggressively when the economy is threatened in a way that will directly affect large numbers of consumers.
	www.teamster.org /02news/hn_021004_5.htm (1153 words)

	Taft2
		The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 or the Labor-Management Act amended the Wagner Act.
		The Act was introduced to the Senate by Robert Taft of Ohio and into the House of Representatives by Fred Hartley.
		Also this Act specified that officers of organized labor must sign affidavits stating they are not affiliated with the Communist Party.
	www.stfrancis.edu /ba/ghkickul/stuwebs/btopics/works/Taft2.html (651 words)

	SSRN-From the Taft-Hartley Act to Turkish Industrial Relations - Postponement of Legal Strikes: A Legal Borrowing Case by Ufuk Aydin
		The Taft Hartley Act was unique because it curtailed the policy of free collective bargaining in the United States.
		Aydin, Ufuk, "From the Taft-Hartley Act to Turkish Industrial Relations - Postponement of Legal Strikes: A Legal Borrowing Case".
		The first stage occured with the CASL Act No. 275 and the practices of postponement were nearly identical to its roots in U.S. law.
	papers.ssrn.com /sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=767084 (481 words)

	Taft-Hartley Act
		The Taft-Hartley Act (also known as the Labor-Management Relations Act) was passed over the veto of Harry S. Truman on 23rd June, 1947.
		The Taft-Hartley Act also gave the United States Attorney General the power to obtain an 80 day injunction when a threatened or actual strike that he/she believed "imperiled the national health or safety".
		This aspect of the act was upheld by the Supreme Court on 8th May, 1950.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAhartley.htm (206 words)

	liebman.doc
		The Rephrasing of the Secondary Boycott Provisions by the Landrum-Griffith Act in 1959.
		When the Wagner Act was passed in 1935, the statute contained no limitations on the secondary boycott activities of a labor organization.
		Congress was plainly aware of the Board’s DiGiorgio decision at the time; the Landrum-Griffin Act overturned the holding in DiGiorgio that Section 8(b)(4) did not apply to agricultural laborers, together with the holdings in other cases with which Congress did not agree.
	www.bna.com /bnabooks/ababna/nlra/2002/liebman.doc (4407 words)

	Taft Hartley Act
		(6/23/47) The Taft-Hartley Act provided the President with the power to obtain an 80–day injunction against any strike.
		The bill was passed, over the veto of the President, in response to a wave of strikes.
		It also gave him the power of appointing a board of inquiry to oversee collective bargaining.
	www.multied.com /postwar/TaftHartley.html (51 words)

	Taft-Hartley strike-breaking power a political anachronism
		CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Leveling the playing field between unions and management means limiting the role a U.S. president can play in "breaking" a strike through the power of the Taft-Hartley Act, according to two University of Illinois labor professors.
		Assuming that these trends continue, there is no justification for a law that enjoins lawful strikes." Their paper is titled "Death by Lethal Injunction: National Emergency Strikes Under the Taft-Hartley Act."
		The globalization of business, combined with technological displacement of labor, has acted as powerful brakes on union bargaining power.
	www.news.uiuc.edu /biztips/00/09tafthartley.html (377 words)

	hisupdate50.htm
		A pair of union-baiters, Representative Fred Hartley of New Jersey and Senator Robert Taft of Ohio, assumed the chairmanships of committees with jurisdiction over legislation regulating labor-management relations.
		Contrary to labor's first fears, the act did not immediately cripple unions in industries and areas where they were strong, but it chilled union growth in Southern and agricultural states.
		Taft naturally attacked those rights and three days later the Senate followed the House's lead.
	www.iamawlodge1426.org /hisupdate50.htm (1798 words)

	Bush Invokes Taft-Hartley Act, Forces Open West Coast Ports
		Even when he finally acted, Bush was careful to appear even-handed, noting in an executive order, for example, that the shutdown was the result of a management “lockout” rather than a strike by workers.
		By putting an end to the shutdown, Bush was able to act decisively on both issues, and to present himself as addressing voter worries.
		When President Bush invoked a rarely used labor law to force the re-opening of West Coast ports earlier this week, he struck a double blow: one against what government lawyers argued was a threat to economic and national security, and a second against a potential threat to Republican political security.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V122/N47/Long_3_47.47w.html (413 words)

	Outline of 29 U.S.C. 186 (Taft-Hartley Act Sec. 302)
		Violations of the statute which occurred before October 12, 1984, are subject to the misdemeanor penalty without regard to the amount of value involved in the transaction.
		PAYOR: the source of the prohibited payment was a statutory employer,[FN4] including an agent of an employer; an association of employers; a person who acted as a labor relations expert, advisor, or consultant to an employer; or a person who acted in the interest of an employer.
		1982), where the court stated that a "'willful' violation of 29 U.S.C. 𨴒 [(b)(1) and (a)(4)] requires only that the defendant [recipient] act with knowledge that the payments are from a person acting in the interest of an employer and are intended to influence the defendant's duties as a union employee." Id.
	www.thelaborers.net /DOJ/outline_of_29_usc_186_taft.htm (1939 words)

	NYSA Annual Report - Legal Issues
		Violations of the Taft-Hartley Act are criminal acts and in the past have formed the predicate for civil actions brought by the government against labor unions and their officials under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO").
		The Taft-Hartley Act makes it unlawful for any employer or association of employers to pay money or other things of value to any union official or representative of its employees.
		This case has widespread significance because it is the first time since the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA") was enacted in 1974 that a court has invalidated a pre-ERISA service-break rule.
	www.nysanet.org /annrept/legalis.htm (884 words)

	October 2002: Bush Employs Taft-Hartley Act to Intervene in Dock Workers' Struggle
		The union said that the dockworkers had been forced to work under the Taft-Hartley Act in 1971, and struck again as soon as the so-called cooling-off period was over.
		Though the Taft-Hartley Act has been on the books for over five decades, it has never been used to end an employer-led lockout.
		A prominent Democrat, Sen. Diane Feinstein, joined the conflict when she called for President Bush to impose the Taft -Hartley Act, should the lockout last more than a week.
	www.socialistaction.org /news/200210/taft.html (1196 words)

	NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Why The White House is Reluctant to Invoke Taft-Hartley in Docks Dispute
		After conducting a historical review of the use of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 in dealing with labor disputes, the Bush administration appears reluctant to use that tool in the current dispute between West Coast dockworkers and shipping interests.
		The review convinced officials that the act often does not produce the kind of long-term settlement both parties are seeking.
		The ILWU, which represents 10,500 West Coast dockworkers, is a strong and coherent union where lucrative jobs are frequently passed from father to son.
	www.ncpa.org /iss/leg/2002/pd100402a.html (317 words)

	The Taft-Hartley Act
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		authorized officers or agents are engaged in representing or acting for
	vi.uh.edu /pages/buzzmat/tafthartley.html (6233 words)

	Taft Hartley Act
		The Labor–Management Relations Act of 1947, sponsored by Sen. Robert A. Taft (Ohio) and Rep. Fred A. Hartley, Jr.
		The Landrum–Griffin Act of 1959 set further union restrictions, barring secondary boycotts and limiting the right to picket.
		A variety of factors, including the fear of Communist infiltration of labour unions, the tremendous growth in both membership and power of unions, and a series of large-scale strikes, contributed to an anti-union climate in the United States after World War II.
	www.puhsd.k12.ca.us /chana/staffpages/eichman/Adult_School/us/spring/post_wwii/tafthartley.htm (126 words)

	To Truly Honor American Workers, Taft-Hartley Has To Go
		Much of the flawed framework of American labor law is traceable to the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947.
		Yet of all the announced candidates for President from the two major parties, only one, Representative Dennis Kucinich, has expressed a willingness to repeal any element of the Taft-Hartley Act.
		Repeal of Taft-Hartley should be a priority of every American who believes in civil rights, and a top priority of all politicians who consider themselves friends of labor.
	www.commondreams.org /views03/0901-08.htm (715 words)

	Bush Invokes Taft-Hartley Act to Open West Coast Ports
		Several union leaders praised that approach, because it showed that the administration was seeking to heed union concerns and avoid invoking the Taft-Hartley Act.
		Bush became the first president to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act emergency provisions since President Richard M. Nixon sought to stop a longshoremen’s strike in 1971.
		Bush’s aides said he was reluctant to act, but feared that a continuation of the shutdown would undermine a sputtering economic recovery.
	www.labournet.net /docks2/0210/lockbush2.htm (1284 words)

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