The Taft-Hartley Act
By: Susan Dudley Gold
Series: Landmark legislation; Landmark legislation
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781608704880; 9781608707102
Subjects: United States; Juvenile literature; Labor laws and legislation
Description: Describes the passage of the 1947 law that helped define the rights of labor and management, and describes the conditions of the labor force before and after the act.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early union efforts; title: Unions gain power; title: Passage of the Wagner Act; title: Union growth and World War II; title: Passage of Taft-Hartley Act; title: Labor under the Taft-Hartley Act.