tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049208109612299827.post5630678175955646150..comments2023-12-06T23:58:59.189+00:00Comments on ffranc sais: Workers' rightsFrank Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049208109612299827.post-68208597498183181752017-05-16T16:07:23.400+01:002017-05-16T16:07:23.400+01:00Michael Crick on Channel 4 News yesterday cited an...Michael Crick on Channel 4 News yesterday cited another counter to Mrs May's claim: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_7th_Earl_of_Shaftesbury#Child_Labour_and_Factory_Reform" rel="nofollow">Shaftesbury's reform of child labour and factory working under Robert Peel</a>. Conservatives also have some claim for credit for repealing the anti-union Combination Act, but that was by a Tory government before the term "Conservative" was officially adopted.Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.com