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spectralheron.bsky.social
Cataloguing some interesting items today - here’s a charter for domestic workers from 1938. Published by the National Union of Domestic Workers it calls for max no of working hours, minimum wage, decent living accommodation and holiday entitlement

#tradeunionhistory #womenworkers #workerrights 💪
June 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
carvehername.bsky.social
#OnThisDay, 24 May 1976, at least 400 women walk out on strike at the Trica factory in London, demanding equal pay with their male colleagues. Around 100 men come out on strike in support of the women.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #TradeUnionHistory
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Women picketing for TUC support for their strike. They are a mix of black, white and Asian, and a range of ages.
May 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
markcrail.bsky.social
Called in at Bendigo Trades Hall (Victoria, Australia) and got a very friendly welcome from folks there. Great trade union history in the town dating back to gold rush days in the 1850s.
#tradeunions #tradeunionhistory
February 27, 2026 at 3:35 AM
gftu.org.uk
✊ We look forward to celebrating 100 years of #GeneralStrike next year.

🔎 Read about our national partnership of museums, libraries, archives and history groups working together to commemorate this historic milestone -
labouroutlook.org/2025/04/10/h...

#TradeUnionHistory #GFTU #GeneralStrike100
September 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social
New blog post: The Committee of Inquiry into Railway Pay Collection nuffieldcollegelibrary.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/t...
Read all about the cataloguing and preservation of this archive collection - now available to consult in the Library
#RailwayHistory #TradeUnionHistory
The Committee of Inquiry into Railway Pay Collection
Sixty-five years after the Committee of Inquiry into Railway Pay published its Final Report, the Committee’s archive collection is now listed to box level and accessible to readers. Find out more a…
nuffieldcollegelibrary.wordpress.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
valerawlings.bsky.social
More details of the launch of my new book are live on the Forgotten Burton Stories website - www.forgottenburtonstories.co.uk/post/friends... #Tradeunions #LabourHistory #BurtonUponTrent #SocialHistory #TradeUnionHistory #Socialism #FriendshipLoveTruth #ValeRawlings
Friendship, Love & Truth is launched
The Vale Rawlings book Friendship, Love & Truth, written by Elaine Pritchard, has been officially launched at Burton upon Trent public library.The book can now be bought, priced at £15.99, with all pr...
www.forgottenburtonstories.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
gftuet.org.uk
📣 Join us for the final Trade Union & Working Class History session of our programme, Grunwick 1976 with Harsev Bains.

Online | 7pm | 17 July

Sign up now: gftuet.org.uk/courses/trad...

#GFTUET #TradeUnionHistory #WorkingClass
June 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
valerawlings.bsky.social
Thanks to Dr Trevor James who has given me permission to reproduce his full review for my book Friendship, Love & Truth on my website. Smashing start to the week! 😀📖🎉
www.forgottenburtonstories.co.uk/post/histori...

#LabourHistory #TradeUnionHistory #BookReview #HistoryMatters #SocialHistory
Historian praises Vale Rawlings book
Dr Trevor James, editor of the Mid-Trent and Mercia Historian, has reviewed the Vale Rawlings book, Friendship, Love & Truth, and said he highly recommends it as a carefully researched and meticulous ...
www.forgottenburtonstories.co.uk
June 22, 2026 at 10:54 AM
historyhaze1.bsky.social
My 'day by day' of the 1926 General Strike in #Peterborough is coming on nicely. None of that AI crap for me - just good old fashioned historical research and writing by a human being. 😁 #GeneralStrike1926 #TradeUnionHistory #Research
August 26, 2026 at 9:55 PM
gftu.org.uk
History is all around us – celebrating the 100 anniversary of the General Strike 🪧📢✊

Read more about our #GeneralStrike100 project via @labouroutlook.bsky.social here:
labouroutlook.org/2025/04/10/h...

#GeneralStrike #TradeUnionHistory #Workers #History #LabourHistory
History is all around us – celebrating the 100 anniversary of the General Strike
In partnership with the trade union movement, national museums, libraries, archives, and history groups are collaborating together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the General Strike of 1926.
labouroutlook.org
April 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
gftuet.org.uk
📍 🗺️ Come on down to Marx Memorial Library and join Ann Field and Matt Dunne at the next hybrid Trade Union & Working Class History session.

🖨️ The Wapping Dispute & Printworker Organisation | 12 June | 7pm

Secure your place today - gftuet.org.uk/courses/trad...

#GFTUET #TradeUnionHistory
April 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
historyhaze1.bsky.social
Next year is the centenary of the 1926 General Strike. I've dusted down my MA research, added a bit more and I'm taking it out on the road! Feel free to book me to speak, like Peterborough Local History Society have done! #TradeUnionHistory
peterboroughlocalhistorysociety.co.uk/february-mee...
February Meeting - Peterborough Local History Society
Peterborough and the 1926 General Strike Our next meeting will take place this coming Thursday (13th February) at 7.30 pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough ...
peterboroughlocalhistorysociety.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
gftuet.org.uk
🎤 Tune into the third Trade Union & Working Class History session.

Belgium Mass Strikes 🚩with Luc Peiren 👏

⛔ Do not miss this - https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/trade-union-and-working-class-history

#GFTUET #TradeUnionHistory #WorkingClassHistory #History
A person with glasses is sitting against a dark green background. The text reads: "Belgium Mass Strikes: Trade Union & Working Class History with Luc Peiren." There are logos for the Working Class Movement Library, People's History Museum, GFTU Educational Trust, and Marx Memorial Library.
September 15, 2026 at 12:02 PM
gftuet.org.uk
🎤 Announcing the second Trade Union & Working Class History session.

Seattle General Strike (1919, United States) | Robert Ovetz 👏

⛔ Do not miss this - https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/trade-union-and-working-class-history

#GFTUET #TradeUnionHistory #WorkingClassHistory #History
Image of a person with long hair and glasses, wearing a black blazer. Text on the left reads: "Seattle General Strike (1919, United States) - Trade Union & Working Class History with Robert Ovetz." Logos at the bottom include the Working Class Movement Library, People's History Museum, and GFTU Educational Trust.
August 31, 2026 at 4:15 PM
unisonsch.bsky.social
Happy Yorkshire Day!

Did you know Sheffield was home to the UK's first Women's Suffrage Shop run by women for women?

Why not head down to town and check out the plaque on Chapel Walk

#WomensHistory #TradeUnionHistory #YorkshireHistory
August 1, 2026 at 7:55 PM
gftuet.org.uk
🚨The Wapping Dispute & Printworker Organisation

📍 Marx Memorial Library

Ann Field and Matt Dunne | 12 June | 7pm

Secure your place today - bit.ly/TUWCHistory

#GFTUET #TradeUnionHistory
May 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
workersofengland.bsky.social
Trade Unions won the fights for your freedom, safety, and dignity! 📜🛡️

We now resist new threats like intrusive Digital ID systems.
 https://www.workersofengland.co.uk/news/freedom-fought-for-the-battles-trade-unions-have-won

#TradeUnionHistory #WorkersRights #FreeSpeech #WorkWellbeing #DigitalID
Freedom Fought For: The Battles Trade Unions Have Won...
From the Tolpuddle Martyrs to the fight against Digital ID, the Workers of England Union continues a centuries-long struggle for freedom, dignity, and justice in the workplace. Learn how past victories inspire today’s defence of civil liberties across England.
www.workersofengland.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
valerawlings.bsky.social
New blog post on 'A Rawlings job and the Bantam Battalions'
www.forgottenburtonstories.co.uk/post/a-rawli...
#WorldWarOne #LabourHistory #TradeUnionHistory
A Rawlings Job and the Bantam Battalions
Elaine Pritchard has made a surprise discovery, thanks to an audience member at a talk she gave, and has been investigating if a man of just 4ft 11ins should have been conscripted to the British Army...
www.forgottenburtonstories.co.uk
October 24, 2024 at 8:27 PM