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Unison family tree

This page shows the origins of Unison – the public service union in the form of a family tree. Click the image

Early forms of trade union organisation among stonemasons can be seen as far back as the 14th and 15th centuries.

The main forerunner of today’s GMB trade union grew out of the scandalous, brutal and inhuman working conditions and 12-hour

On a cold night in February 1809, a group of working men in the fast-growing industrial Lancashire town of Bolton

With the formation of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers in 1851, a new force emerged in trade unionism which would

Over the first two decades of the twentieth century, the trade union movement grew at a faster rate than at

The election of a majority Labour government in 1945 appeared to herald what a later historian of the Labour Party

This is the story of the United Operative Masons Association of Scotland, also touching on the histories of other stonemasons’

This is the story of the stonemasons strike of 1841 which brought to a halt the building of Nelson’s Column

There have been numerous interesting and important industrial disputes. Here are some striking stories from the front line.