National Unemployed Workers' Movement

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1921: The National Unemployed Workers' Committee...

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1921

The National Unemployed Workers' Committee Movement was founded in London as a communist satellite organization with the main objective of Work or Full Maintenance at Trade Union Rates.
Bruley, Sue. “A Woman’s Right to Work? The Role of Women in the Unemployed Movement Between the Wars”. This Working-Day World: Women’s Lives and Culture(s) in Britain, 1914-1945, edited by Sybil Oldfield, Taylor and Francis, 1994, pp. 40-53.
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May Day 1930: A women's march sponsored by the National...

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May Day 1930

A women's march sponsored by the National Unemployed Workers' Movement was held in conjunction with the National Hunger March; they culminated in a mass rally in Hyde Park, London, on this date.
Bruley, Sue. “A Woman’s Right to Work? The Role of Women in the Unemployed Movement Between the Wars”. This Working-Day World: Women’s Lives and Culture(s) in Britain, 1914-1945, edited by Sybil Oldfield, Taylor and Francis, 1994, pp. 40-53.
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9 October-27 October 1932: A Women's Hunger March sponsored by the National...

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9 October-27 October 1932

A Women's Hunger March sponsored by the National Unemployed Workers' Movement progressed from Burnley to London.
Bruley, Sue. “A Woman’s Right to Work? The Role of Women in the Unemployed Movement Between the Wars”. This Working-Day World: Women’s Lives and Culture(s) in Britain, 1914-1945, edited by Sybil Oldfield, Taylor and Francis, 1994, pp. 40-53.
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November 1933: The British Medical Association published...

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November 1933

The British Medical Association published a minimum diet for health.
Bruley, Sue. “A Woman’s Right to Work? The Role of Women in the Unemployed Movement Between the Wars”. This Working-Day World: Women’s Lives and Culture(s) in Britain, 1914-1945, edited by Sybil Oldfield, Taylor and Francis, 1994, pp. 40-53.
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1 October-8 November 1936: The National Protest March from Coventry...

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1 October-8 November 1936

The National Protest March from Coventry to London took place; at the concluding rally Maud Brown argued for a housewife's minimum wage.
Bruley, Sue. “A Woman’s Right to Work? The Role of Women in the Unemployed Movement Between the Wars”. This Working-Day World: Women’s Lives and Culture(s) in Britain, 1914-1945, edited by Sybil Oldfield, Taylor and Francis, 1994, pp. 40-53.
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