THE STRUGGLE OF ENGLISH TRADE UNIONS AGAINST THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE "TAFF AFFAIR"
In the history of the British trade union movement, an important place is occupied by the struggle of trade unions against the Taff court decision and its consequences. This aspect of the history of the Taff affair has not been the subject of much study. In the historiography of the English workers 'and trade union movement, attention to the" Taff affair " is mainly shown when considering the process of formation of the Labour Party and the activities of the leadership of the British Congress of Trade Unions (BCTU) 1 . Meanwhile, the UK labor press has shown a revival of interest in this story in recent years in connection with the anti-union legislation of the Tories. 2Drawing on materials that were not previously used by Soviet researchers [3] makes it possible to shed more light on the consequences of the"Taff Valley case". In the context of the Anglobur War and the world economic crisis of 1901-1903, the offensive of entrepreneurs against the British trade unions intensified. It culminated in the decisions of the courts in the "Taff case" (1900-1901), which ordered the United Society of Railway Employees to compensate the Taff Valley Railway Company for losses incurred during the strike of its workers on August 20-31, 1900. Judge Farwell's decision (30 August 1900) awarding damages to the union was rejected by the Court of Appeal on 21 November 1900, but later confirmed by the House of Lords on 22 July 1901.4 This created a most dangerous precedent for trade unions: formally, no one denied the workers ' right to strike and picket, but in fact the court decision deprived them of the opportunity to effectively use these weapons .5 "To award the workers' unions compensation for the losses caused by the strike to the capitalist gentlemen," V. I. Lenin wrote of the Taff affair, " means in reality to destroy the freedom of strikes. Judges who are lackeys to the bourgeoisie know how to nullify even the freedoms guaranteed by the constitution when it comes to the strugg ... Read more
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