September 14 - Congress Attacks, Handcuffs Workers

14/09/2025 1 min Episodio 2628
September 14 - Congress Attacks, Handcuffs Workers

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1959. The United States Congress passed the Landrum-Griffin Act. President Eisenhower signed the new law, which was also called the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. The new law had lasting consequences for the way unions operated.