The Constitution and the Labor Union

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Status

Released

Production

Columbia University Center for Mass Communication

Aired

1957-01-01

The Constitution and the Labor Union

Shows the relationship of the Constitution to organized labor. Presents the case of Whitaker et al. v. North Carolina, in which a group of unions challenged the constitutionality of a state ban on the closed shop, the union shop, and other union security provisions. Traces the role of the fourteenth amendment in labor struggles.