Trade union lives Archives - Trade Union Ancestors

Some extraordinary and dedicated people have passed through the trade union movement. The stories of their trade union lives are

Robert Applegarth: carpenters’ leader

This is the story of Robert Applegarth (1834-1924): carpenters’ trade union leader.

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This is the story of Will Crooks (1852-1921), leader of the great London docks strike of 1889 and later an

Anne Loughlin (1894-1979) was the first woman president of the TUC in 1943.

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This is the story of Beatrice Webb (1858-1943): social reformer and historian of the trade union movement.

This is the story of Mary Macarthur (1880-1921): shopworkers’ union activist and leading figure in women’s trade unionism.

This is the story of Philip Charles Hoffmann (1878-1959): shopworkers’ organiser.