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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. . 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 - . Ben Tillett. .. 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 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 , .. 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 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, .. VICTORJA HOUSE PUBLISHING OFFICE .. IN THE COMPOSING ROOM .. HEADQYARTERS OF THE T.U.C.

TRANSPORT HOUSE (SOUTH BLOCK). SMITH SQUARE, . 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'