oct 1, 1947 - Taft Hartley Act

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TLDR: Response to union strikes, union members had to pledge against communism

- Passed over President Trumans veto
- Made first major changes to the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
- Unions were troubled by new rules that prohibited some strikes and closed shops
- Required affidavits that union officials were not communist and forbade political contributions by unions

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