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It is true, the indictment sets forth, that the defendants refused to work under such rates, which were more than enjoined by the statute, for that is only two shillings a day; but yet these words will not bring the offence, for which the defendants are indicted, to be within the statute, because it
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A group of workers had founded the London Journeymen Tailors' Union and held a strike the following year. In response, the Journeymen Tailors, London Act 1720 was passed. A case was brought that the union constituted an unlawful conspiracy.
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is not the denial to work except for more wages than is allowed by the statute, but it is for a conspiracy to raise their wages for which these defendants are indicted...This indictment need not conclude
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to trade unions. It held that strike action amounted to an unlawful and criminal conspiracy. This attitude prevailed through the 19th century, until trade unions were made lawful by Parliament in the
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However, it was not for refusing to work that the defendants were indicted, but "for conspiring." As the judgment of 6 November 1721 stated:
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confirmed unions' legality at common law once more, and now the position is reflected in
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British Working Class Movements: Select Documents, 1789-1875
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The court heard that the agreement would be contrary to the
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labour law
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Trade Union Act 1871
Conspiracy, and Protection of Property Act 1875
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Journeymen Tailors, London Act 1720
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TULRCA 1992
Lumley v Gye
Taff Vale Railway Co v ASRS
Crofter Hand Woven Harris Tweed Co Ltd v Veitch
JT Stratford & Son v Lindley
Torquay Hotel Co Ltd v Cousins
Merkur Island Shipping Corporation v Laughton
TULRCA 1992

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