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GIPE-090515-Contents.Pdf DMnlJljaymllGadgil LiIHvI 1BIilllmlllmDIWI G~~90Sij SIXTY YEARS OE TRADE UN'IONISM 1 1 1 1 1 1 x". q c;, .!>,d M'1: ,.1'13 F& 1 '10515 1 1 1 1 Co-opualiw: P,.inJUtg Society LimileiJ 9"", TuJ., Slrtd, L."Jpn, B.C.-f 1 1 1 1 1 CONTENTS FOREWORD ••• SIXTY YEARS OF TRADE UNIONISM CoNGRESS AND LEGISLATION CHANGES IN LEGAL STATUS THE GENERAL COUNCIL CONGRESS AND TRADES COUNCILS ••• WOMEN IN CON.GRESS THE CoNGRESS IN POLITICS INTERNATIONAL REi.AnoNs .• , THE CONGRESS AND ITs NEWSPAPER INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS FRONTISPIECE- T.U.C. Headquarters ••• T. U .C •. GENERAL ·CoUNCIL­ Officers. 1928 Facing page T.U.C. GENERAL COUNCIL­ Past Presidents ••• .. 5-6 T.U.C. GENERAL COUNCIL,­ Members. 1928 ... ' .. F,RST LABOUR MEMBERS- T. Burt. M.P. and ,Alel<. Macdonald. M.P. .. HI MEMORIAL TO TOLPUDDLE 'MARTYRS ... .. 10 T.U.C. SECRETARIES. 1868-1928- G~orge Potter. George Odger. George Howell. Henry Broadhurst. M.P.. George Shipton. Charles Fenwick. M.P•• Sam Woods. M.P •• W •. C. Steadmao. M.P•• C. W. Bowerman. Ml>•• Fred Bramley ... .. 11 MEMBERSHIP CHART ... .. 12 CHART OF REAL WAGES .. 13 P,ONEERS OF THE NEW UNIONISM- Tom Mann. Ben Tillett. John Burns .. 14 BUILDING THE MOVEMENT- H. Gosling on Tower Hill .. 16 Will Thorne and the Gasworkers .. 15 Ben Tillett and the Dockers .. 15 COUNCIL' OF AcnON. 19'0 .... .. 17 KEIR HARDIE SPEAKING .. 17 NAnONAL STRIKE. 19,6- Outside T.U.C. Headquarters ... .. 18 Scene at Blackfriars Road .. 18 Awaiting News at Downing Street .. 19 Food Convoys in the City .. 19 INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS._continue3. NOTI'INGHAMSHIRE MINERS' BALLor, 19,8- Sending 0 If the Ballot Boxes ... Facing page .0 Counting the Votes ... " .0 Taking the Ballot .. 01 The Propaganda Van .. .1 HISTORIANS OF TRADE UNIONISM­ Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Webb. .. .5 PIONEERS IN PARLIAMENT, 190<>-1906- J. Keir Hardie, Will Crooks, Sir David Shackleton, Arthur Henderson .. THE FIRST PARLIAMENTARY LABOUR PARTY, 1906 .. THE PARLIAMENTARY LABOUR PARTY, '9'4 ... .. SIR HENRY SLESSER, K.C., M.P .... .. ON THE EMBANKMENT- Demonstration against the Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Bill, 19'7 .. 37 TRADE UNION COVENANT 40 THE LAST PARLIAMENTARY CoMMITTEE ... Facing page 4' CARDIFF CONGRESS, 1921 .. 4' T.U.C. HE~UARTERS STAFF .. 43 GENERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS OFF DUTY .. 43 T.U.C. GENERAL COUNCIL (DIAGRAM) 44-45 T.U.C. OFFICES Facing page 46-47 U.S.A. FRATERNAL DELEGATES .. 5 • MINERS' DELEGATES ••• .. 5. MINERS' LEADERS .. 5. WOMEN AT CONGRESS- Lady Dilke; First Woman Gold Medallist ; Albert Thomas and Mary Macarthur; Miss Gertrude Tuckwell ... .. 58 THE FIRST LABOUR CABINET ... .. 6. J. RAMSAY MAcDONALD, M.P. .. 63 INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNIONISM- Paris Congress, 1924 .. British Delegate to Paris Congress .. U DAILY HERALD" MANAGBMENT- W. Mellor, R. Williams. W. Acheso'; Barrow, George Lansbury .. VICTORJA HOUSE PUBLISHING OFFICE .. IN THE COMPOSING ROOM .. HEADQYARTERS OF THE T.U.C. TRANSPORT HOUSE (SOUTH BLOCK). SMITH SQUARE, LONDON. S.W.l. Sixty Years of Trade Unionism 1868 --- 1928 SOUJ7ENIR OF THE SIXTIETH . TRADES UNION CONGRESS PuhlidbeiJ hy tbe -Trafk.t .. Unton. Congl'Ud General Counti/, TTfJII4INH'l Hou« ($outll BI«k), ,smitll Square, Lonion, S. 11'.1 'F 0 R.EW·O R D Tbe Si:t:tielb Trad... Union Congru.J id an evenl of importance in lbe ."cial bidtory oj Great Britain. It id a landmark in lbe developmmt oj Trade Unionidm and a!fordd an occUdion Jor reviewing lbe acbievementd of organi"d Labour during lbe ladt 60 yeard. Wilbin lbe compadd oj lbe.. pag... lbe Jull dtory cannot be toliJ. but an e!fort. d... pite lbe bandicap due to lack oj adequate pbotograpbic reeordd. bUd been made to ..t Jorlb lbe dalient incidenld oj lbat dtory and to dbow lbe cbang ... lbat bal'< taken place under lbe influence oj lbe Congr.... between 1868 and 19.8. Congr.... wad born during a I'<nomoUd attack by lbe ducc ....jul Capitalidm oj lbe period. upon lbe worker" organidationd. Wben lbe preliminary conJerence wad calleiJ by lbe Workingmen'd A.-ociation in ,867. "UJI Jew people bad lbe vote. In lbe Franebide Act. paw in lbe year before Congru.J wad ...tabtidbed . at .ilIancb... ter in 1868. lbe agricultural workerd we,.. not enJranebUeil. Tbe ballot wad not deeret. Tbere wad no educaliol! dYdtem. Illiteracy wad wid"'pread. Tbe figb.t Jor Jlolitical indUdlrial and docial Jreedom wad addi.ted by lbe Trad... U niol! Congru.J. and almodl wilbout uception every reform pa ...d dinee that time wad .ilber initiated by lb. Trad... Uniol! Congr.... or ree.i"';; ild Jull dupport to tbe dUCCUdJul end. It will dO our younger Jolh gOOd 10 reail lbe dtory. oj ollr .ilIovemenl and 10 learn wbal cbang... bave been brougbt about by lbe Trade Union .ilIovemenl. , IJ it id not pt'edUmpluoUd to day it. even Trade Union officiau wouliJ be durprided if tbey wenl outdide lbelr own dection oj Trade Union bidtory. and read up lb. work don. by our Jorefalberd. Tbe 60 bourd per week bad been brougbl down 10 18. 17. and 11 bourd per week. Tbe raled oj pay bal'< ri4en Jrom 1d. 10 Jour limu 1d. per bour in many trail.... and women'd wag.. baw: ri«n 300 per cent. Tb. Franebide bad been "",tend.d to incW. all adull4 and no barder figbter Jor lbid claim bUd eI'<r been knOWIl lban lbe T. U.C. Congru.J made poddible a variety of Acid Jor lb. b.ltermenl of indUdlriai cOnditiolld: .ilIined Acid. Factory Acid; Illdpeetion of milled. builiJingd. Jactor;". dbi".; better bOUding. Jree education • .iecondary education. lb. abolition oj _ating. and Ibe balf-time dydtem; Trade Board•• .ilIinimum Wage Actd: All came Jrom lbe Trad... Union Congru.J. In lb. preparation ~f Ibid Sow-enir "'" bave bail. lbe inva{qa6/. belp of .ilIr. S;;;n.y WeM, .M.P.• Sir H. H. Sle.wr. K.C.• .M.P.• and .ilIr. J. J . .Mallon. wbod< conlribuliolld appear under lbeir namu. Tbe remainder oj ild contentd i. lb. work of our Cong,..". Seeretary• .Mr. Walter.M. Citrine and bid dial! al lbe T. U.C. H.adquarter•• wilb Ibe idduia'N:e aUo oj two memberd oj Ibe Labour Party .ta!f• .Muvd. W. W. HenderdOIl and W. G. Hall. London. .tfUgU6t. 19.8. BEN TURNER. X:~'·~·N3 F~ .
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