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Legal precedents. British unionism received its legal foundation in the Trade-Union Act of 1871. In the United States the same effect was achieved, albeit more slowly and uncertainly, by a series of court decisions that whittled away at the use of injunctions, conspiracy laws, and other devices against unions.
The first major piece of legislation that affected labor unions was the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. The law forbade any restraint of commerce across state lines, and courts ruled that union strikes and boycotts were covered by the law.