Taft-Hartley Amendments

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Taft-Hartley Amendments (officially known as the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947; alternatively known as Labor Management Relations Act; hereinafter, the Law) is the United States labor law that generally was created to counterbalance the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. The law declared closed shops and automatic check-offs illegal, cited unfair labor union practices, and protected the rights of employees who chose not to unionize. The law also created the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, restricted secondary boycotts and strikes, and gave states the right to outlaw union shops.


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According to Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining by Michael R. Carrell and Christina Heavrin (10th edition),

Taft-Hartley Amendments. Also known as the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, it generally was created to counterbalance the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. The law declared closed shops and automatic check-offs illegal, cited unfair labor union practices, and protected the rights of employees who chose not to unionize. The law also created the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, restricted secondary boycotts and strikes, and gave states the right to outlaw union shops.

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