The Act prevented unions from being treated as trusts.
Clayton Antitrust Act
No, the Clayton Antitrust Act exempts unions, specifically distinguishing them from trusts. Section 6 of the Clayton Act provides safe harbor for Labor unions and agricultural organizations. Therefore all peaceful forms of labor actions are not regulated by the Clayton Act. On the other side injunctions by a company is also legal to settle labor disputes.
The Clayton Act exempted labor unions from mergers and monopolies so boycotts, strikes and picketing can be used for labor disputes.
The Clayton Antitrust Act, enacted in 1914, was significant for labor as it declared illegal certain practices that restricted competition, specifically addressing issues like price discrimination and exclusive dealing. Most notably, it included provisions that exempted labor unions from being prosecuted as illegal combinations in restraint of trade, thereby protecting the right to organize and engage in collective bargaining. This marked a crucial step forward in recognizing the rights of workers and unions in the context of antitrust laws.
Samuel Gompers
The Act prevented unions from being treated as trusts.
The labor unions.
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The 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act Labor excluded unions and agricultural cooperatives from antitrust laws
The Clayton Antitrust Act
labor unions and farm organizations.
Clayton Antitrust Act
No, the Clayton Antitrust Act exempts unions, specifically distinguishing them from trusts. Section 6 of the Clayton Act provides safe harbor for Labor unions and agricultural organizations. Therefore all peaceful forms of labor actions are not regulated by the Clayton Act. On the other side injunctions by a company is also legal to settle labor disputes.
The Clayton Act exempted labor unions from mergers and monopolies so boycotts, strikes and picketing can be used for labor disputes.
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The Clayton Act exempted labor unions from mergers and monopolies so boycotts, strikes and picketing can be used for labor disputes.
Clayton Antitrust Act, legislation passed by the United States Congress in 1914 to prohibit certain monopolistic practices that were then common in finance, industry, and trade (see Monopoly). Sponsored by the Alabama congressman Henry De Lamar Clayton, the Clayton Antitrust Act was adopted as an amendment to the Sherman Antitrust Act. Designed to deal with new monopolistic practices, the act contained three distinct types of provisions, covering corporate activities, remedies for reform, and labor disputes.