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commonwealth vs. hunt. Commonwealth V. Hunt United States 1842 Synopsis
Commonwealth v. Hunt was a significant 1842 Massachusetts ...
... were slightly set back by unions and organized union movements, such as the National
Trades Union and “Commonwealth vs. Hunt” (where Massachusetts Supreme ...
... Father of AFL-CIO, really. Commonwealth vs. Hunt in 1842 slowed down employer
blacklists. Said union activity was not a conspiracy. ...
... It wasn’t until 1842 when a Massachusetts court made the decision in the Commonwealth
vs. Hunt case that states that a strike of works to improve their ...
... employers import more workers (so hated immigrants) e. union formed in 1830s but
hit by panic of 1837 -case of Commonwealth vs. Hunt in supreme court of Massa ...
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Commonwealth V. Hunt
United States 1842
Synopsis
Commonwealth v. Hunt was a significant 1842 Massachusetts court case that considered the right to exist of labor unions. Also at issue was whether such unions had the right to strike, especially for the purpose of establishing a closed shop. Some charged that such labor activities constituted an illegal conspiracy. In both instances the court ruled that not only were trade unions legal, but they had the right to strike for a closed shop. The court also reminded both labor and management that although unions were legal, so must their purposes be legal as well. This was a landmark case occurring in the earlier years of the Industrial Revolution when it appeared that workers might not have very many rights to protect their own interests.
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