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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.
It began over a century ago when the American Federation of Labour adopted an historic resolution which asserted that eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1st, 1886. In the months prior to this date workers in their thousands were drawn into the struggle for the shorter day.