CSPAN3 Politics And Public Policy Today September 7, 2015
Federation of labor has been interested in the political scene for many years because of the fact that to a large extent, the conditions under which we work can be determined by legislation. Whats the difference between 1952 and 1948, for instance . Why was this particular year . Because of the passage of the taft hartley act followed by the establishment of a official political arm of the American Federation of labor that year. And then entry into the Political Campaign of 1948. Since then in addition to the law, we had 28 state legislators pass what we consider the repressive legislation and...