Defending Labor in Commonwealth v. Pullis: Contemporary Implications For Rethinking Community
AbstractThis paper revisit the 1806 case Pullis which was the first judicial suppression of trade unions in the United States. The author states that by defending the workers’ movements of the past, we learn more of how to defend the interests of working people in the age of globalization. The paper then describes the facts of Pullis in the context of the political battle at the time between the forces of aristocracy and republicanism. After analysing the significance of the case the author observes that although obedience to the rule of law becomes a means by which the status quo often resist progressive social change, law per se is not necessarily the community’s best guardian. |