The Constitution and the Labor Union

Duration: 33

Genre: Educational | Legal

Year Published: 1959

Creator: WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: 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, union shop and other "union security provisions. Traces the role of the fourteenth amendment in labor struggles. Photographed in Ashville, N.C., and other cities. (Center for Mass Communication of Columbia University) Film.

Complete Record: 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, union shop and other "union security provisions. Traces the role of the fourteenth amendment in labor struggles. Photographed in Ashville, N.C., and other cities. (Center for Mass Communication of Columbia University) Film., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.