The Massachusetts case Commonwealth v. Hunt was important in which of the following respects?
A) It declared organized labor to be an illegal restraint of trade.
B) By ruling that it was constitutional for a state to use the militia to end labor disputes, it declared strikes to be illegal.
C) By ruling that a contract between a labor union and a factory owner was binding, it recognized the right of labor to bargain collectively.
D) It recognized the right of workers to organize and strike.

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Commonwealth v. Hunt was important because it recognized the right of workers to organize and strike. It overturned previous decisions that had declared unions to be illegal conspiracies and affirmed that workers had the right to form unions for the purpose of collective bargaining.

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