Trade unions: everything you wanted to know
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What's Going on With Trade Unions?
In 17 99 and 18 hundred, we get the combination acts passed. And those are much more comprehensive attempts to crack down on trade unions. They're very little used, but they're there as a threat. In 18 24, all of a sudden there is no legislation governing trade unions. It was almost an accident. Parliament didn't see it coming.
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