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The Taft Hartley Act allowed state legislatures to outlaw contracts requiring involuntary union membership. Unions favor involuntary membership and dues paying, and having to do both to keep a job.

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The statute's amendments to the National Labor Relations Act reduced union power, imposed restrictions on organized crime involvement with unions, and allowed states to outlaw mandatory unionism.

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Q: Why did labor union leaders oppose the passage of the Taft-Hartley act in 1947?
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