Why the name Taft-Hartley got airplay during the dockworkers' brief strike

为什么塔夫脱-哈特利这个名字会在码头工人短暂罢工期间播出

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2024-10-08

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The U.S. economy is breathing a little easier after the International Longshoremen's Association reached a tentative agreement last week with the United States Maritime Alliance. The short-lived dockworkers strike reignited a debate over whether the president ought to intervene, invoking an old law on the books called the Taft-Hartley Act. On today's show, we explain what the Taft-Hartley Act is, why it was created and why it's still scorned by unions. Related episodes:What the data reveal about labor strikes (Apple / Spotify) Why residuals are taking center stage in actors' strike (Apple / Spotify) The never-ending strike (Apple / Spotify) The strike that changed U.S. labor For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • In the recent past, we haven't really thought about unions as being particularly powerful.

  • But over the past twelve months or so, we've seen unions, from Starbucks workers to auto workers, rack up a series of successes.

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  • And in the last few days, of course, weve seen the Longshoremens union face down the United States Maritime alliance.

  • So unions appear to still have some mojo.

  • And this despite the best efforts of business over the years to neuter organized labor.

  • And those efforts really began with something we heard a lot about while the Longshoremen strike was the Taft Hartley act on Todays show, well learn what the Taft Hartley act is, why it was created, and why it is still such a thorn in the side of unions today.

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