Word: taft-hartley
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...President astonished labor by opting for new federal laws "to deal with strikes which threaten irreparable damage to the national interest," a move clearly encouraged by the New York transit strike. Almost certainly that proposal will mean revisions in the Taft-Hartley Act, which has no teeth when it comes to dealing with walkouts by public employees, and gives the Government no legal leverage to stop a national strike once a mandatory 80-day cooling-off period has expired. On the other hand, Johnson promised to try again for repeal of Tart-Hartley's Section 14b, the celebrated "right...
...national labor movement will undoubtedly have a more difficult time pushing its legislative program through Congress this year, may find the New York strike the insuperable obstacle in its attempts to erase "right to work" provisions from the Taft-Hartley Act. In his State of the Union message, President Johnson felt obliged to ask for new legislation to prevent similar strikes. ≫ The Johnson Administration seemed preoccupied with an attempt to cause Mayor Lindsay political embarrassment. It remained largely mum during the strike, did not denounce the union's fatuous demands, then piously reproved Lindsay for a settlement that...
...possible exception: a moderate civil rights bill providing for more equitable ways of empaneling juries in Southern trials), but the leftovers from the first session are controversial enough to keep the drama high. The Administration has promised labor to continue its fight to repeal Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, which permits states to pass laws banning union shops; Ev Dirksen, who held off the Administration's attempts in the first session, still opposes repeal and will filibuster to prevent its passage. Bills to increase and extend the minimum wage and to standardize unemployment compensation are also...
...invitation to retire, Meany decided not to force the ancient out. In keeping with the even-tempered mood of the convention, Meany had kind words for the 89th Congress, even though it pointedly failed to give him the three pieces of legislation that labor wants most: repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act's right-to-work provision, an increase in the federal minimum wage, and a boost in federal-state unemployment benefits...
...chairman and staved off a muchpublicized proxy raid with the aid of a $1,500,000 stock-purchase loan from then Teamster Boss Dave Beck, five years later found himself indicted along with Beck for repaying the favor with a $200,000 loan of his own (illegal under the Taft-Hartley Act), was eventually acquitted, but not before a group of dissident directors had forced him out of office; of a stroke; in Royal Oak, Mich...