History A-Level
Legal status of unions
What Legal status of unions means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Legal status of unions
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Associations and unions were often local and illegal under the Combination Acts until repeal in 1824, and faced later legal hurdles.
Topics that use Legal status of unions
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 1 Changing patterns of adult work and working conditions (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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