Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927

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The Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927 was a British law that significantly restricted trade union activities and political funding in the aftermath of the 1926 General Strike.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom labour law ⓘ
affected Labour Party funding ⓘ
aimedAt preventing general strikes ⓘ
reducing the power of trade unions ⓘ
considered anti-union legislation ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
enactedUnderGovernmentOf Stanley Baldwin ⓘ
enactedUnderParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
historicalContext aftermath of the 1926 United Kingdom General Strike ⓘ
impact constrained organisation of large-scale strikes ⓘ
reduced membership contributions to political funds ⓘ
introduced criminal sanctions for certain strike actions ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
legalStatus repealed ⓘ
legislativeContext interwar period ⓘ
limited use of union funds for political purposes ⓘ
longTitle An Act to make further provision with respect to the law relating to trade unions and trade disputes and to provide for the regulation of the funds of trade unions and other organisations. ⓘ
motivatedByEvent 1926 United Kingdom General Strike ⓘ
opposedBy Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
Trades Union Congress ⓘ
partOf history of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
history of trade unionism in the United Kingdom ⓘ
politicalOrientation Conservative government policy ⓘ
prohibited certain forms of picketing ⓘ
general strikes ⓘ
sympathetic strikes ⓘ
regulated political levy of trade unions ⓘ
relatedTo Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1946 ⓘ
Trade Union Act 1913 ⓘ
repealedBy Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1946 ⓘ
repealedIn 1946 ⓘ
repealedUnderGovernmentOf Clement Attlee ⓘ
repealedUnderParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
required individual union members to contract in to pay a political levy ⓘ
restricted political activities of trade unions ⓘ
political funding by trade unions ⓘ
trade union activities ⓘ
royalAssent 1927 ⓘ
shortTitle Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927 ⓘ
subject industrial relations ⓘ
labour law ⓘ
political funding ⓘ
trade unions ⓘ
weakened collective bargaining power of trade unions ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1927 ⓘ

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May 1926 General Strike in the United Kingdom → followedBy → Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927 ⓘ
Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927 → shortTitle → Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927 ⓘ
Trade Union Act 1913 → laterAmendedBy → Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927 ⓘ
Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1946 → repealedOrAmended → Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927 ⓘ