Commonwealth v Hunt

• Unions grew after the revival of business in the 1840s and early '50s. Organization was stimulated by the decision of a Massachusetts court (Commonwealth v. Hunt, 1842), that strikes to improve labor conditions were lawful and were not criminal conspiracies. The growing local unions sought again to combine, but not in a federation like the National Trade Union.

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