Labor-Management Relations Act

The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, which amended the Wagner Act of 1935. The law's provisions: (1) outlawed the Closed Shop; (2) instituted an 80-day cooling-off period for strikes threatening the national health or safety; (3) prohibited unions from using union monies for national elections; (4) allowed suits for Breach of Contract against unions; and (5) defined Unfair Labor Practices of unions.

Federal legislation (29 U.S.C.A. § 141 et seq. [1947]), popularly known as the Taft-Hartley Act, which governs the conduct of designated union activities, such as by proscribing strikes and boycotts, and establishes the framework for the resolution of labor disputes in times of national emergencies.

See: labor law; labor union.