An action taken by employers or by the government against workers who wanted to organize was

Union Busting.

Explanation:

Union Busting refers to those activities aimed to prevent o disrupt unions, it could imply legal or illegal actions to particular purposes.

So, union busting was used agains workers around the world, to prevent their uprisings against industries. In United States, back then in the 19th century, when industries were popping, conditions were often unsafe, in those contexts were used union busting.

for the united states of america, 1945 to 1964 was a time of high economic growth and general prosperity. it was also a time of confrontation as the capitalist united states and its allies politically opposed the soviet union and other communist countries; the cold war had begun.

explanation:

“i think it is very plausible that if there are five votes to end the death penalty, it could be with the people who are on the court right now,” - smith

so basically it is not clearly and consistently imposed