Smith-Connally Act

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The Smith-Connally Act was a 1943 U.S. wartime law that gave the federal government authority to seize and operate industries threatened by labor strikes in order to maintain wartime production.

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Smith-Connally Act canonical 1
Smith–Connally Act 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
wartime emergency legislation ⓘ
affectedGroup industrial employers ⓘ
labor unions ⓘ
aimedToProtect continuous operation of war industries ⓘ
alsoKnownAs War Labor Disputes Act ⓘ
appliesTo labor relations ⓘ
war production ⓘ
authorizedAction federal operation of industries ⓘ
seizure of industrial plants ⓘ
context home front policies of World War II United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
enactedDuring World War II ⓘ
enactedInYear 1943 ⓘ
enactedToAddress labor unrest in defense industries ⓘ
enforcementBy executive branch of the United States ⓘ
gavePowerTo federal government of the United States ⓘ
goal to ensure uninterrupted military supplies ⓘ
historicalSignificance expanded federal authority over labor disputes during World War II ⓘ
impactOn collective bargaining in wartime industries ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalDomain public law ⓘ
legalStatus federal statute ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
limitedRight right to strike in war industries ⓘ
namedAfter Howard W. Smith ⓘ
Tom Connally ⓘ
policyArea labor law ⓘ
war powers ⓘ
precededBy Norris-LaGuardia Act ⓘ
purpose to limit the impact of labor strikes during wartime ⓘ
to prevent interruptions in war production ⓘ
relatedTo National War Labor Board ⓘ
Taft-Hartley Act ⓘ
linked to: Taft–Hartley Act
restricted political contributions by labor unions in federal elections ⓘ
scope industries essential to war production ⓘ
subjectMatter industrial disputes ⓘ
labor strikes ⓘ
war production controls ⓘ
temporalContext wartime emergency ⓘ
timePeriod 1940s ⓘ
typeOfRestriction regulation of union political expenditures ⓘ

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War Labor Disputes Act → alsoKnownAs → Smith–Connally Act ⓘ
linked to: Smith-Connally Act