The London Trades Council was an early labour organisation, uniting London's trade unionists. Its modern successor organisation is the Greater London Association...
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The London Trades Council (1952) brought together trade unions representing workers in London, in England. The council was formed on the initiative of...
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A labour council, trades council or industrial council is an association of labour unions or union branches in a given area. Most commonly, they represent...
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Trade union (redirect from Trades union)
often less radical. The London Trades Council was founded in 1860, and the Sheffield Outrages spurred the establishment of the Trades Union Congress in 1868...
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Northern Trades Councils was not coincidental. One of the issues which prompted this initiative was the perception that the London Trades Council (formed...
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came under the control of the London County Council in 1922 and was renamed the London School of Printing and Kindred Trades; in 1949 it was merged with...
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George Odger (category General Secretaries of the Trades Union Congress)
He is best remembered as the head of the London Trades Council during the period of formation of the Trades Union Congress and as the first President...
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the Strike Committee also received help from Toynbee Hall and the London Trades Council, and – following a meeting with Bryant & May management – their...
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unionist. The London Society of Compositors repeatedly elected him its chairman, and he was several times Chairman of the London Trades Council. He took a...
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– London-based Yiddish paper. The Bee-Hive – initially from the London Trades Council, then independent (1861–72). Bradford Pioneer – associated with...
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The Sheffield Trades and Labour Council, usually known as the Sheffield Trades Council, is a labour organisation uniting trade unionists in Sheffield....
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delegation, which included members of the Sheffield Trades Council and the London Trades Council, requested that the Home Secretary take the necessary...
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Tom Jones (trade unionist) (category Trade unionists from London)
where he lived to the age of ninety-four. Ted Brake, Men of Good Character, pp. 109–110 London Trades Council, London Trades Council: A History, pp. 5–6...
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Greater London Association of Trade Union Councils (GLATUC) is the largest County Association of Trades (Union) Councils in the Uk and covers the Greater...
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Wandsworth TUC is a Trades Union Council (also known as a Trades Council) covering the London Borough of Wandsworth in South West London. It is one of the...
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Matchgirls' strike (redirect from London Matchgirls Strike)
deputation of match women went there to meet three MPs on 11 July. The London Trades Council became involved, and there was significant publicity. At first,...
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The Notts Trades Council, formally known as the Nottinghamshire Nottingham and Mansfield Trades Council, brings together trade unionists in Nottinghamshire...
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three other London branches of the union, and Friend became its full-time organiser. He already represented the union on the London Trades Council, and his...
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Geoffrey Collings (category Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London)
workers. He represented the union on the London Trades Council, and from 1948 to 1949, he served as the trades council's chair. He also represented the union...
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realisation of justice on earth. George Odger, Secretary of the London Trades Council, read a speech calling for international co-operation. The meeting...
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Barnet Trades Union Council (or 'Barnet TUC') is an association of trade union branches and individuals in north London, which describes itself as: a group...
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Birmingham Trades Council is the trades council body which brings together trade unionists from across Birmingham, England. Its headquarters were formerly...
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support of the local Independent Labour Party. Long active on the London Trades Council, Stokes replaced his BSP comrade Fred Knee as its secretary in 1914...
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Alfred M. Wall (category Councillors in Greater London)
elected as General Secretary of the London Society of Compositors, and stood down from the London Trades Council. During World War II, he served on the...
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unionists, organised through trades councils or national unions. Among the attendees at the first conference were the London Working Men's Association,...
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Area Organiser of Area No.1 (London and South East). He also served for seven years as chairman of the London Trades Council, struggling in vain against...
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executive of the London Trades Council, and in 1896 he became its secretary, a post he held until 1913. Despite being based in London, he twice stood for...
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Joe Gregory (trade union leader) (category Trade unionists from London)
president. In 1890, Gregory moved back to London, and was chosen to represent his union on the London Trades Council. He served as chair of the union around...
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often less radical. The London Trades Council was founded in 1860, and the Sheffield Outrages spurred the establishment of the Trades Union Congress in 1868...
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Matchmakers' Union (category Trade unions affiliated with the Trades Union Congress)
Secretary of the Cigarmakers' Trade Union. W. C. Steadman of the London Trades Council moved that: This meeting is of the opinion that it is desirable...
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