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  2. Combination Act 1799 - Wikipedia

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    The Combination Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 81) titled "An Act to prevent Unlawful Combinations of Workmen", prohibited trade unions and collective bargaining by British workers. The act received royal assent on 12 July 1799. An additional act, the Combination Act 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 106), was passed the following year.

  3. Background check - Wikipedia

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    A background check is a process used by an organisation or person to verify that an individual is who they claim to be, and check their past record to confirm education, employment history, and other activities, and for a criminal record. The frequency, purpose, and legitimacy of background checks vary among countries, industries, and individuals.

  4. Commonwealth v. Hunt - Wikipedia

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    Whatever Shaw's motivation, his opinion in Hunt provided a clear statement that labor combinations which used legal means to achieve legal ends were lawful. The degree of Hunt's impact is a matter of some debate. Levy notes that in the forty years after Hunt was decided, the case served as the authoritative statement of the law on labor ...

  5. Combinations of Workmen Act 1825 - Wikipedia

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    The Combinations of Workmen Act 1825 (6 Geo. 4. c. 129) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, which prohibited trade unions from attempting to collectively bargain for better terms and conditions at work, with the exception of increased wages and better working hours and suppressed the right to strike.

  6. Grants under investigation after ex-official alleged ... - AOL

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    The Kansas Department of Administration, which handles some personnel functions for state agencies, said Commerce was unable to perform a national criminal background check. State law must ...

  7. Unlawful Combinations of Workmen Act 1799 - Wikipedia

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  8. History of labor law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As a result of the spate of convictions against combinations of laborers, the typical narrative of early American labor law states that, prior to Hunt in Massachusetts in 1842, peaceable combinations of workingmen to raise wages, shorten hours or ensure employment, were illegal in the United States, as they had been under English common law. [6]

  9. Communications Workers of America v. Beck - Wikipedia

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    The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the primary federal law governing labor relations in the United States, was enacted in 1935 and formally legalized the closed shop, union shop, or agency shop. [15] In 1947, however, Congress enacted the Taft-Hartley Act, which amended the NLRA.