The USA PotatoTaft-Hartley Act Still Undercutting Labor 78 Years Later
Taft-Hartley marked the beginning of a long-term strategy to isolate, weaken, and demobilize organized labor in the US.
Peter Riley2025
https://cepr.net/publications/six-ways-a-78-year-old-law-is-still-screwing-workers/
#LaborMovement #Organize #solidarity
#TaftHartleyAct #unions #workingClasshistory
Cory DoctorowThat's why #UAW president #ShawnFain is planning a general strike in 2028, calling on other unions "to align your contract expirations with our own" so that all the contracts come up for renegotiation at the same time:
https://inthesetimes.com/article/uaw-auto-workers-general-strike-contract-labor-unions
This is a very clever way to overcome America's ban on #SympathyStrikes, which was introduced in 1947 with the #TaftHartleyAct.
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