Show first strike by unionists the english tailors have the credit for or being the first to offer organized resistance to industrial oppression and nd hence were the pioneers ot of modern I 1 rn trade unionism As aa early as 1721 in the days of the handicrafts there was a union ot of tailors in london bering and they went on strike I 1 tor for better conditions ot of employment notwithstanding the acts ot of parliament that outlawed such combinations made strikes a criminal act and limited wages by law |