See Also: Combination Acts(encyclopedia)
ACTS OF SEDERUNT(law)
ACTS OF COURT(law)
Townshend Acts(encyclopedia)
Navigation Acts(encyclopedia)
Intolerable Acts(encyclopedia)
Antitrust Acts(law)
PUBLIC ACTS(law)
Force Acts(encyclopedia)
Fugitive Slave Acts(encyclopedia)

Combination Acts (sh)




British acts of 1799 and 1800 that outlawed trade unions.

The laws made it illegal for any workingman to combine with another to gain an increase in wages or a decrease in hours, to solicit anyone else to leave work, or to object to working with any other workman. They were repealed in 1824 through the efforts of the radical reformer Francis Place (1771-1854).