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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.
1866 National Labor Union founded - an attempt at creating a national federation of unions. 1867 Knights of St. Crispin founded - a union of factory workers in the shoe industry. 1868 First federal eight-hour law passed - applied only to laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by the. government.