The Combination Act of 1799, titled An Act to prevent Unlawful Combinations of Workmen (short title 39 Geo. III, c. 81), prohibited trade unions and collective bargaining by British workers. An additional act was passed in 1800. Following their repeal in 1824, the Combination Act of 1825 was passed. Collectively these acts were known as the Combination Laws.The 1799 and 1800 acts were passed under William Pitt's government as a response to Jacobite activity and the fear that workers would strike during a conflict to force the government to accede to their demands. The legislation drove the labour organisations underground. A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers... William Pitt could refer to: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister of Great Britain 1766-1768; often known as William Pitt the Elder William Pitt the Younger; his son; Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783-1801) and (1804-1806) William Pitt, Comptroller of the Household to King James... This article concerns the political movement supporting the restoration of the House of Stuart, not the earlier Jacobean period. ...
Sympathy for the plight of the workers brought repeal of the acts in 1824. Lobbying by the radical tailor Francis Place played a role in this. However, in response to the series of strikes that followed, the Combination Act of 1825 was passed, which allowed labour unions but severely restricted their activity. Francis Place (3rd November, 1771 - 1st January, 1854) was an early supporter of contraceptives, and a radical of the early nineteenth century who befriended and supported many important figures, including Joseph Hume, Sir Francis Burdett, and Jeremy Bentham. ...
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