Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Labor rights were enshrined in federal law in 1935, with the National Labor Relations ...
Labor rights were enshrined in federal law in 1935, with the National Labor Relations Act. Bosses hated - and hate - the NLRA. 12 years later, they passed the Taft-Hartley Act, which substantially gutted the NLRA. Most notably, Taft-Hartley bans "sympathy strikes" - when unions walk out in support of one another. Sympathy strikes are a hugely powerful way for workers to claim value away from bosses and investors, which is why bosses got rid of them.
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