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The ‘Right-to-Work’ (for Less)
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 June 5, 2025 | OPINION | […] Following World War II, the GOP had a major electoral victory in the election of 1946. Democrats had been solely in charge of the federal government from FDR’s 1932 election right up until that time, but in that election the GOP swept both the House and the Senate and held them for the following two years. Thus, in 1947, Republicans pushed through the notorious Taft-Hartley Act that allowed individual states to opt out of the closed shop provisions of the Wagner Act. President Harry Truman vetoed the bill, but Republicans mustered the votes to override his veto and the act stood and stands to this day. Since its passage, 28 Republican-controlled states have chosen to opt out of Wagner Act provisions, driving the de-unionization of America. They’ve done this while saying they’re simply allowing people in their states a “right to work.” Learn more at Labor Tribune
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