Labour Law

Workers' Rights Revolution: From Servants to Citizens โš–๏ธ


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๐Ÿ›๏ธ The Great Worker Rights Revolution

๐ŸŒŸ Imagine working in a factory where you could be fired anytime, injured without compensation, and had zero legal protection. That was reality for millions of workers until a series of dramatic court cases changed everything forever!

๐Ÿ’ก What You'll Discover:

  • ๐Ÿ” How a simple delivery accident in 1847 created laws that trapped workers for decades
  • โš–๏ธ The shocking legal principles that made employers nearly untouchable
  • ๐ŸŽฏ How angry railway workers accidentally triggered the birth of modern labor rights
  • ๐Ÿš€ Why Gandhi's approach to worker disputes was completely different from everyone else's

๐Ÿš€ Historic Cases That Changed Everything:

  • ๐Ÿ’Ž Priestley vs. Fowler (1847) - The broken cart case that crushed worker rights for generations
  • โญ Taff Vale Railway Company vs. Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (1901) - The ยฃ42,000 fine that sparked a revolution

โšก Revolutionary Legal Concepts Explained Simply:

  • ๐ŸŽญ Volenti Non Fit Injuria - Why workers were blamed for their own injuries
  • ๐Ÿค Common Employment - The loophole that protected bad bosses
  • ๐Ÿ“œ Trade Disputes Act 1906 - The law that gave unions their fighting power back

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ From powerless servants to organized citizens - this is the incredible story of how workers won the right to fight back, and why today's gig economy workers might need to learn from this historic playbook!

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Labour LawBy sharad Bansal