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Taft Hartley Battles Deepen Under Ike Policy Shifts
A 1950s labor policy fight intensifies as the Eisenhower administration appoints a GOP majority to the NLRB, pushes new Taft Hartley interpretations, narrows union rights, curtails board jurisdiction, and faces Senate rejection of related amendments. The dispute centers on cooling-off periods, employer antiunion actions, and government‑run strike ballots amid broader GOP-Labor clashes.
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