History of the United States II / Unit 13 USH2 1806 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Taft-Hartley
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The idea
In nineteen forty-seven Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act, limiting the power of unions, over Truman's veto.
In practice
The Wagner Act of unit eleven, twelve years old, pared back by Congress.
Where people slip
The Yawp adds that the Act gave union officials the initiative to purge Communists from the labour movement.
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