Asked by cornell black on Sep 29, 2024
The conspiracy doctrine holds that individual attempts to influence wages and working conditions are a threat to the free market system and therefore an illegal conspiracy against the government.
Conspiracy Doctrine
A legal principle historically used to treat collective action by workers, such as organizing or striking, as a criminal conspiracy.
Free Market System
An economic system based on supply and demand with little or no government control, where prices for goods and services are determined in a free price system.
Illegal Conspiracy
An unlawful plan by two or more parties to commit a criminal act or to achieve an illegal end.
- Evaluate the balance of rights between property holders and laborers under the governance of U.S. labor laws.
Learning Objectives
- Evaluate the balance of rights between property holders and laborers under the governance of U.S. labor laws.