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To that we may justly answer, that there is no law to hinder such from agreeing with masters according to their merit: And it would be a great danger and injury to the trade, to cramp it by depriving workmen of their deserts. (9) James Watt to John Rennie, Birmingham, 2July 1786, Boulton and Watt Collection, Birmingham Reference Library Dear sir, I would have answered yours of the 28th sooner but having been obliged to attend as a Commissioner in the valuation of some lands to be occupied by the Canal had it not in my power to do it sooner.
They could probably have had redress in the courts against what, in common law, were conspiracies 'in restraint of trade', but, like other groups of employers during the century, they preferred to have the backing of a statute forbidding combination in their particular trade. A Select Committee recommended legislation 'to prevent Unlawful Combinations of workmen employed in the Millwright Business'. However, at the suggestion of William Wilberforce, this was abandoned in favour of a more all-embracing measure, which prohibited all combinations.
Rubin, 'The Pendulum Swings Again. The Trade Union and Labour Relations Act, 1974', Journal of the Law Society of Scotland (Dec. 1974) 347 349 351 352 353 354 355 XXXII T ABLE OF CONTENTS (8) AUEW (Engineering Section), Journal (Sept. 1974): Editorial by Hugh Scanlon (9) Electrical, Electronic and Plumbing Trade Union, Contact (Feb. 1974): Article by Charles Lovell (10) Financial Times (27 Nov. 1974): Closed Shops (I I) Ron Smith, 'The Future of Employee Directors', British Steel (April 197 2) (12) K.