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 British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
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legalStatus repealed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 May 1926 General Strike in the United Kingdom
surface form: 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 self-link
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 self-link
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