The Constitution and the Labor Union
MovieTitle | The Constitution and the Labor Union |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1957 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Stephen L. Sharff |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Columbia University Center for Mass Communication, NET |
Run time | 29 min. |
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.