Unison family tree
This page shows the origins of Unison – the public service union in the form of a family tree. Click the image
Read moreDiscover your family history in the trade union movement
This page shows the origins of Unison – the public service union in the form of a family tree. Click the image
Read moreEarly forms of trade union organisation among stonemasons can be seen as far back as the 14th and 15th centuries.
Read moreThe main forerunner of today’s GMB trade union grew out of the scandalous, brutal and inhuman working conditions and 12-hour
Read moreOn a cold night in February 1809, a group of working men in the fast-growing industrial Lancashire town of Bolton
Read moreWith the formation of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers in 1851, a new force emerged in trade unionism which would
Read moreOver the first two decades of the twentieth century, the trade union movement grew at a faster rate than at
Read moreThe election of a majority Labour government in 1945 appeared to herald what a later historian of the Labour Party
Read moreThis is the story of the United Operative Masons Association of Scotland, also touching on the histories of other stonemasons’
Read moreThis is the story of the stonemasons strike of 1841 which brought to a halt the building of Nelson’s Column
Read moreThere have been numerous interesting and important industrial disputes. Here are some striking stories from the front line.
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