Show first strike by unionists the english tailors have the credit lor for being the first to offer organized resistance to industrial oppression and hence sere ft ere the pioneers of modern trade unionism As early as 1721 in the das dais of 0 the handicrafts thero there was a union of 0 tailors in london numbering and they sent nent on strike for better conditions of employment botu upstanding tho the acts ot of parliament that outlawed such combinations made strikes a criminal act and limited wages by law |