"DANBURY HATTERS" HISTORIC & RARE LABOR BADGE SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT.
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Winning Bid:
$118.00
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, July 26, 2022 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, July 26, 2022 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
4.25" long. Brass shell hanger suspending shield both w/cello inserts. At top "United Hatters Danbury, Conn." insert has tiny split at center. Medallion insert has "The United Hatters Of North America" logo w/light brown spotting in field. Overall Fine. The Supreme Court case Loewe v. Lawlor, better known as The Danbury Hatters Case, dealt a blow to organized labor. The Court found that the Sherman Antitrust Act applied to organized labor. Dietrich Loewe refused to allow his hatters to unionize in Danbury, CT. The United Hatters Of North America responded by organizing a boycott of his company, orders proceeded to drop and Loewe sued individual union members for damages under the Sherman Antitrust Act. Dismissed by a lower federal court the Supreme Court voted 9-0 in favor of Loewe finding that boycott across state lines was conspiracy in restraint of interstate commerce. A major blow to unions who now couldn't use an important tool w/proper reform of the law not coming until the 1930s.
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