Final answer:
The Taft-Hartley Amendments to the Wagner Act (1947) required employees to do several things.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Taft-Hartley Amendments to the Wagner Act (1947) required employees to do several things:
- They banned closed shops and union shops, which required employees to either belong to a union before being hired or join the union as a condition of employment.
- They banned secondary boycotts, where other union members refused to purchase the goods of a particular company.
- They required union leaders to sign affidavits disclaiming any affiliation with Communist organizations.
- They limited the use of union funds in political campaigns.
- They permitted states to pass 'right-to-work' laws that limited union organization methods.
- They granted presidential authority to postpone any strike that might affect national interests for up to eighty days.