Attempts at General UnionThis volume traces the attempts made after the Napoleonic Wars to link up all the numerous local and sectional Trade Societies into a single comprehensive ‘General Trades Union’ – attempts which culminated in the short-lived Grand National Consolidated Trades Union formed under Robert Owen’s influence in 1833. Based on materials not previously used by historians, this book throws new light on the development of Trade Unionism, particularly in the North of England, during these critical years. |
Contents
I INTRODUCTION | 1 |
II THE BEGINNINGS THE PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY AND THE PHILANTHROPIC HERCULES | 4 |
III THE SPINNERS UNION AND THE UNION OF TRADES | 14 |
IV THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LABOUR | 30 |
V THE MOVEMENT IN YORKSHIRE FACTORY SLAVERY | 46 |
VI THE YORKSHIRE TRADES UNION | 56 |
VII SECRECY AND UNLAWFUL OATHS | 70 |
VIII THE SHORT TIME MOVEMENT AND THE FACTORY ACT OF 1833 | 76 |
XII THE BUILDERS UNION | 101 |
XIII THE SOCIETY FOR NATIONAL REGENERATION | 109 |
XIV THE DERBY TURNOUT | 115 |
XV THE GRAND NATIONAL CONSOLIDATED TRADES UNION | 122 |
XVI THE TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS AND THE ABOLITION OF THE OATH | 127 |
XVII THE STRUGGLE IN THE NORTH | 137 |
XVIII THE FALL OF THE GRAND NATIONAL TRADES UNION THE AFTERMATH | 144 |
APPENDICES | 159 |
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