During the 1950s two Senate investigations, both highly publicized
through the new medium of television, revealed the spread of racketeers
and corruption among labor unions. Taking advantage of these sensational
revelations, business interests, who for years had chafed against the
federal government's pro-labor policies, mounted a campaign to curb
labor's power. With the support of the business-oriented administration
of Dwight Eisenhower, they pushed through Congress a new ""reform""
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