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The Modern Records Centre at Warwick University holds an unrivalled collection of material on the history of the labour movement. Now it’s celebrating its half century. Find out more https://sslh.org.uk/2023/07/31/celebrating-50-years-of-the-modern-records-centre/

#OnThisDay, 24 May 1976, at least 400 women walk out on strike at the Trica factory in London, demanding equal pay with their male colleagues. Around 100 men come out on strike in support of the women.

The strike lasts 21 weeks before the American owners of the factory agree to all demands.

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We have a new blog post on the website about trade union emblems and membership certificates. During the Victorian era these were typically dominated by a classical imagery that soon appeared dated in the age of the motor car, and their use declined. But there was something of a revival in the 1930s as unions overhauled their public image. Read more and see some of these emblems at https://sslh.org.uk/2023/02/17/planes-trains-and-automobiles-rethinking-victorian-union-imagery-in-the-1930s/

In class today, #football / #soccer, #protestantism, #immigration and #Labor #history in mid-20th-century #Toronto.
Excerpt from Smyth, Toronto, the Belfast of Canada.
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Since 1899, delegates to the Trades Union Congress have gone home with a commemorative badge. The oldest, a five-pointed star is shown in the picture below. But, as @markcrail writes in a blog post for our website, these small souvenirs often carry a message about how the trade union movement sees itself.
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https://sslh.org.uk/2022/12/01/slogans-and-souvenirs-tuc-delegate-badges-from-1899-to-the-present-day/

We are happy to report that the new crop of labour history journals from around the UK is as lively ever it was. Our website has a round-up of the most recent publications from the Scottish Labour History Society, the North East Labour History Society and the North West Labour History Society. We have also included the new issue of Historical Studies in Industrial Relations.
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https://sslh.org.uk/2022/11/30/labour-history-journals-round-up-2022/