Combinations of Workmen Act 1825

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An Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that eliminated the right of trade unions to strike and prohibited them from collectively bargaining for better working conditions.

The 1825 Act was an outcome of the Combination Act of 1799 and the Combination of Workmen Act of 1824, the latter of which repealed the 1799 and 1800 Acts, leading to a wave of workers’ strikes. As a result, the Combinations of Workmen Act 1825 was passed on July 6th to reintroduce sanctions for strikes and other work-refusing activities.

Traveljournal 1825

On customs and manners, 4 July 1825

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Cite as: Combinations of Workmen Act 1825. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-9872, viewed on 2 August 2025.

[[title]] — A meeting of the English trade unions with an example of a Sunday ‘turn-out’ (lithograph of two caricatures by Robert Seymour, 1834)