jun 23, 1947 - Taft-Hartley Act

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The Taft-Hartley Act was passed by Congress, initially vetoed by Harry S. Truman, who described the legislation as a "slave-labor bill," but the Congress override the veto.

The act prohibited some labor union practices such as discrimination against nonunion members and requiring union officers to pledge an oath that they were "not members of the Communist Party or affiliated with any party that believed in or advocated the overthrow of the U.S. government." The act itself weakened the Wagner Act of 1935.

Essentially, the act was a direct attack to possible threats of communists in the United States, and during this period McCarthyism was prevalent in the government.

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