# Right to strike partially recognized (1864)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1864-right-to-strike-partially-recognized
Location: France

The Ollivier Law relaxed the ban on worker coalitions and strikes. Within the broader Second Empire period, Napoleon III combined authoritarian rule with economic modernization, Parisian reconstruction and an ambitious foreign policy. Liberal reforms came late, and defeat by Prussia destroyed the empire. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Napoleon III (Emperor of the French). Right to strike partially recognized mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Right to strike partially recognized mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated.

Ruler at the time: [Napoleon III](https://history-france.com/rulers/napoleon-iii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Right to strike partially recognized](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Right+to+strike+partially+recognized&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Right to strike partially recognized](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Right+to+strike+partially+recognized)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)