Date in History : October 05, 1914
In response to pressure to clarify labor’s position under antitrust
laws, Congress, in 1914, enacted the Clayton Act, which included
several major provisions protective of organized labor.
The Act stated that “the labor of a human being is not commodity or
article of commerce,” and provided further that nothing contained in
the Federal antitrust laws:
-shall be construed to forbid the existence and
operation of labor…organizations…nor shall
such organizations, or the members thereof, be
held or construed to be illegal combinations or
conspiracies in restraint of trade under the
anti-trust laws.