In negotiating its new contract, a local union of Auto Workers of America proposed several additions and substitutions. One addition was a closed shop clause in the union security section of the new contract. Management's negotiating team refused to bargain on this clause because it knew the clause
A) was bad for a competitive business like theirs.
B) was illegal under the Landrum-Griffin Act.
C) was illegal under the Taft-Hartley Act.
D) was a voluntary subject of bargaining according to the NLRB.
E) would require hiring employees who would have to join the union within a certain period of time.

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The closed shop clause, which requires all employees to join the union as a condition of employment, was made illegal under the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947. Therefore, it is not a legally permissible subject of bargaining. Management's negotiating team refused to bargain on this clause because it knew it was illegal.

In Negotiating Its New Contract, a Local Union of Auto