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Taft-Hartley
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The name of an American federal labor law which was passed in 1947, and which sought to equalize legal responsibilities of labor organizations and employers; ie. balance the Wagner Act, which, it was felt, may have gone to far in protecting union rights.
Where the Wagner Act had was aimed primarily at employer behavior, the Taft-Hartley was aimed at unions and sought to restrain their activities under certain circumstances, by detailing union rights and duties.
For example, the Taft-Hartley Act exempted supervisors from it’s provisions, allowed employees to decline participation in union activities and permitted union decertification petitions.
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