Why was the Le Chapelier law annulled in Belgium?

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The Le Chapelier Law was a French law. In 1862, there was a notorious strike by Parisian printers and book binders which garnered international attention and was followed by other strikes by other craft groups. The Emperor, Napolean III, pardoned these strikers "effectively making moot" the laws against association, such as the Le Chapelier Law. In recognition of this, in 1864 a new law was drafted allowing the formation of trade unions with a right to strike.

Discussion of these matters can be found in various books on the labor movement, such as "The Labor Movement in France: A Study in Revolutionary Syndicalism" by Lewis Levitzki Lorwin.

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