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Review the Index of Labor Laws website and select one of the labor laws listed. Respond to the following questions:
What is the importance of this particular labor law?
What is this law's impact on the current labor relations process?

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The importance of one labor law and its impact on current labor unions are discussed in a structured manner in this response. The related reference is also provided.

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The Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 also called the Taft-Hartley Act
The importance of this particular labor law::
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The importance of this law is that after a new labor regime was created by the National Labor Relations Act in 1935 that had created a law for unionization for workers in the private sector. The NLRA act presumed that employers are in a position of power, placed restrictions on them, and required them to remain neutral during union elections. The NLRB allowed the unions to declare secondary strikes and allowed closed shop agreements requiring employers to recruit union members. The result was a fast increase in union membership. During WWII there was the no-strike pledge, but after the war, there was the return of military veterans seeking jobs, women were seeking equal rights at work, and the end of the no-strike pledge. There was an explosion of strikes for wages, say on ...

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