Trades Union Congress

Connections

Connections Sort descending Author name Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships Katharine Bruce Glasier
They had met through socialist circles the previous autumn when Keir Hardie invited Conway to a gathering at the Glasier family's home while both were attending the Trades Union Congress meeting in Glasgow.
Thompson, Laurence. The Enthusiasts. Victor Gollancz Limited, 1971.
57
politics Clementina Black
CB , representing the London Women's Trades Council , travelled to Bradford for a meeting of the Trades Union Congress , where she proposed that women should have equal wages for labour equivalent to men's.
Glage, Liselotte. Clementina Black: A Study in Social History and Literature. Carl Winter, 1981.
31
politics Helen Blackburn
By 1881 HB was a delegate to the Trades Union Congress for the British National Union of Working Women .
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
politics Edith J. Simcox
Along with Emma Paterson , EJS was one of two women delegates sent to the Trades Union Congress at Glasgow, where she represented the Shirt and Collar Makers .
McKenzie, Keith Alexander, and Gordon S. Haight. Edith Simcox and George Eliot. Oxford University Press, 1961.
38
politics Eleanor Rathbone
By 1936, the Committee advocated state-sponsored lunch programmes in schools, along with the provision of milk for pregnant women and for children under school age. ER was joined in these efforts by the Fabian Barbara Drake
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 Rosamond Lehmann
She recalled in a letter of this month a demonstration which was probably the last official one of the campaign: To my pained surprise I found myself committed to walking in a procession down Whitehall...
Reception Sylvia Pankhurst
A permanent, visible memorial to SP has proved a contentious issue. Emmeline and Christabel have a statue and plaque near the House of Commons ; Sylvia was felt to be too pacifist and too socialist...
Travel Isabella Ormston Ford
IOF 's involvement in political efforts at social reform led to extensive travel. In 1895, she was a delegate to the International Textile Workers ' Congress at Ghent in Belgium (the first of several attendances...

Timeline

1880: Jessie Craigen of the Dublin Women's Suffrage...

National or international item

1880

Jessie Craigen of the Dublin Women's Suffrage Association was a major speaker at the Trade Union Congress in Dublin.
Luddy, Maria, editor. Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History. Cork University Press, 1995.
272

1888: The Trades Union Congress passed its first...

National or international item

1888

The Trades Union Congress passed its first resolution in support of equal pay.
Lawrence, Elizabeth. Gender and Trade Unions. Taylor and Francis, 1994.
3

Spring 1893: Home Secretary Lord Asquith appointed May...

Building item

Spring 1893

Home Secretary Lord Asquith appointed May Abraham and Mary Paterson as the first women factory inspectors.
Harrison, Barbara. Not Only the ’Dangerous Trades’: Women’s Work and Health in Britain, 1880-1914. Taylor and Francis, 1996.
129
“Palmer’s Index to the Times”. Historical Newspapers Online.
(1893): 6
Soldon, Norbert. Women in British Trade Unions 1874-1976. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
48
Goldman, Harold. Emma Paterson: She Led Woman into a Man’s World. Lawrence and Wishart, 1974.
80

1906: Mary MacArthur founded the National Federation...

National or international item

1906

Mary MacArthur founded the National Federation of Women Workers in England and Scotland.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
809-11
Lorwin, Val R., and Sarah Boston. “Great Britain”. Women and Trade Unions in Eleven Industrialized Countries, edited by Alice H. Cook et al., Temple University Press, 1984, pp. 140-61.
143
Lawrence, Elizabeth. Gender and Trade Unions. Taylor and Francis, 1994.
1
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Mary MacArthur

15 April 1912: The Daily Herald, first newspaper of the...

Writing climate item

15 April 1912

The Daily Herald, first newspaper of the Labour Party , was launched on capital of £200; it changed its title to the Herald and back again to the Daily Herald before expiring in 1964.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
Taylor, Miles. “Thanks to the Fels-Naptha Soap King”. London Review of Books, 22 May 2003, pp. 23-4.
23

1920: The Women's Trade Union League merged with...

Building item

1920

The Women's Trade Union League merged with the Trades Union Congress with agreement that women would hold two protected seats on the General Council; three more seats were added in 1981.
Lorwin, Val R., and Sarah Boston. “Great Britain”. Women and Trade Unions in Eleven Industrialized Countries, edited by Alice H. Cook et al., Temple University Press, 1984, pp. 140-61.
143

1 May 1925: British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin was...

National or international item

1 May 1925

British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin was forced by the coal-miners to reverse his decision that, to aid postwar recovery, workers must accept pay reduction.
Hattersley, Roy. “The Legacy of Black Friday”. Guardian Unlimited, 15 July 2006.

3 May 1926: The General Strike began in England: all...

National or international item

3 May 1926

The General Strike began in England: all transport workers, as well as those in the heavy industries, the printing and building trades, and gas and electricity companies walked off the job in support of miners...

Late July 1931: In Britain the confusingly-named May committee...

National or international item

Late July 1931

In Britain the confusingly-named May committee responded to escalation both in the international financial crisis and mass unemployment at home, by advising draconian cuts in government expenditure.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Ramsay Macdonald

1941: Equal pay for equal work without distinction...

Building item

1941

Equal pay for equal work without distinction of sex became a recognized aim of the Trades Union Congress .
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1943: As the longest-serving member of the British...

National or international item

1943

As the longest-serving member of the British Trades Union Congress or TUC general council, lifelong trade unionist Dame Anne Loughlin became the first woman chairman and president of the TUC.
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
386-7
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1961: The Electrical Trades Union was expelled...

National or international item

1961

The Electrical Trades Union was expelled from the both the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Labour Party amid allegations of malpractice and ballot-rigging on the part of its Communist leadership.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson, editors. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1995. Third edition, Longman, 1996.
219

1969: The National Union of Teachers joined the...

Building item

1969

The National Union of Teachers joined the Trades Union Congress .
Soldon, Norbert. Women in British Trade Unions 1874-1976. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
165

October 1979: Supporters marched for A Woman's Right to...

Building item

October 1979

Supporters marched for A Woman's Right to Choose in a demonstration backed by the Trades Union Congress
Lawrence, Elizabeth. Gender and Trade Unions. Taylor and Francis, 1994.
29
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
276

26 March 2011: The Trades Union Congress or TUC organised...

National or international item

26 March 2011

The Trades Union Congress or TUC organised a demonstration in London called March for the Alternative—an alternative, that is, to the spending cuts implemented by the coalition government.
Adams, Tim. “United by fears and anger on the long journey south”. Guardian Weekly, 1 Apr. 2011, p. 15.
15

Texts

No bibliographical results available.