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Organized labor in the U.S., including the [[AFL]] and the [[CIO]], were predictably critical of the act because it significantly weakened labor unions. President Truman called it a "slave labor bill."<ref name="counterpunch"/> Critics have argued that the decline of organized labor in the private sector, initially caused by the Taft-Hartley Act and continued later by the anti-union policies of [[President Ronald Reagan]], has been a major contributing factor to increased income inequality in the U.S.<ref>Noah, Timothy. "The United States of Inequality: Entry 6." September 12, 2010. ''Slate''. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_great_divergence/features/2010/the_united_states_of_inequality/the_great_divergence_and_the_death_of_organized_labor.html</ref>

Organized labor in the U.S., including the [[AFL]] and the [[CIO]], were predictably critical of the act because it significantly weakened labor unions. President Truman called it a "slave labor bill."<ref name="counterpunch"/> Critics have argued that the decline of organized labor in the private sector, initially caused by the Taft-Hartley Act and continued later by the anti-union policies of [[President Ronald Reagan]], has been a major contributing factor to increased income inequality in the U.S.<ref>Noah, Timothy. "The United States of Inequality: Entry 6." September 12, 2010. ''Slate''. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_great_divergence/features/2010/the_united_states_of_inequality/the_great_divergence_and_the_death_of_organized_labor.html</ref>

==See Also==

==See also==

*[[Essay:Greatest Conservative Legislation]]

*[[Essay:Greatest Conservative Legislation]]

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[[category:Labor Unions]]

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[[Category:New Deal]]

[[Category:New Deal]]