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Inspired in part by this thread.

Congress passed laws banning "yellow dog" contracts (which forbade unions), & under Lochner & Adair, SCotUS declared this unconstitutional. Moreover, Mass. law following Vegelahn prohibited workers' interference with customers.

So, suppose SCotUS had not overturned Lochner, & moreover had made Vegelahn stronger, preventing interference with strikebreakers. Add OTL's ban on sit-in strikes (like GM 1937). Add also a ban on boycotts (which, IIRC, SCotUS overturned). Does this effectively emasculate unions?

If this is effectively makes unions illegal, what does the American labor scene look like in 1940? 1960? Today?

Edit: I should be clear: the headline was meant to be provocative; I meant functionally rather than actually....
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