Taft-Hartley

Bush Invokes Taft-Hartley Against Locked-Out Dockworkers, First Use Since 1971

2002-10-08 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

President George W. Bush obtains a federal court injunction under the Taft-Hartley Act on October 8, 2002, ordering West Coast dockworkers back to work after an employer lockout shuts 29 ports handling $300 billion in annual trade. The Pacific Maritime Association, representing shipping and terminal …

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National Association of Manufacturers Drafts Taft-Hartley Act "Sentence by Sentence, Paragraph by Paragraph"

1947-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Legislative aides and representatives from business and industry, particularly members of the National Association of Manufacturers, draft committee bill H.R. 3020 that becomes the Taft-Hartley Act during 1947, with Congressman Donald O’Toole of New York later revealing that the anti-union …

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