Ben Tillett

Standard Name: Tillett, Ben

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politics Katharine Bruce Glasier
Her opportunities for public speaking soon exploded. She was a Bristol delegate to the first annual conference of the Fabian Society in February this year; in June she was electioneering on behalf of Ben Tillett
politics Katharine Tynan
The Dock Strike had begun in August when unskilled dockworkers, mostly employed on temporary contracts, began unionising. John Burns and Ben Tillett , among others, led the strike, which succeeded in its aims. The workers...

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12 August 1889: The London Dock Strike began; it aroused...

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12 August 1889

The London Dock Strike began; it aroused widespread sympathy for striking dockers.

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