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Likewise, the Act did address the issue of collective bargaining, but only in externalities such as reporting thereof.

It did not address the question of whether such agreements required any consent from the union members or locals.

Furthermore, in allowing for trusteeship in such instances, the Act allowed for union officials to exert greater control over the will of their members.

In one court case on the matter, Gordon v. Laborers ' Int ' l Union, an Oklahoma City local attempted to leave one union body to affiliate with another.

The original union put them under trusteeship to block the transfer, and the court upheld the move as legal under the Act.