Trade Union Collection (page 2)

The McNamaras on their way back to jail having changed their pleas to guilty, 1911
The McNamara brothers on their way back to jail, California, USA, 1911. John and James McNamara were Los Angeles trade unionists who bombed the offices of the Los Angeles Times in 1910 during a

NUM official selling Coal magazine, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist: Michael Walters
NUM official selling Coal magazine, South Yorkshire, 1959. Mr Les Sunders selling copies of the magazine to NUM and NACODS members on their way to Thurcroft colliery near Rotherham

Mr. Churchill attending a Cabinet meeting during the General Strike in 1926, 1926, (1945). The 1926 general strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted 9 days

Entrance to the offices of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Cleveland, Ohio, 1923
Detail of the entrance to the offices of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Cleveland, Ohio, 1923. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXIX. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1923]

General exterior view, offices of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Cleveland, Ohio, 1923. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXIX. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1923]

J. A. Seddon, c1918, (1918). Artist: J Russell & Sons
J. A. Seddon, c1918, (1918). James Andrew Seddon (1868-1939), British trade unionist and politician. Originally a member of the Labour Party

Harvesting at Tolpuddle, (1824), 1934
Harvesting at Tolpuddle. The Tolpuddle Martyrs were a group of 19th century agricultural labourers from Dorset who were convicted of swearing a secret oath as members of the Friendly Society of

John Burns (1858-1943), English trade unionist, anti-racist, socialist and politician, 1893. Artist: W&D Downey
John Burns (1858-1943), English trade unionist, anti-racist, socialist and politician, 1893. Burns was particularly associated with London politics

James Henry Thomas, British trade unionist and politician, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
James Henry Thomas, British trade unionist and politician, 1926. Cigarette card with straight-line caricature, issued by John Player & Sons

Agricultural Labourers Union meeting in Farringdon Street, London, 1877. Founded by Joseph Arch and inaugurated at Leaming in 1872, the National Union of Farm Labourers grew quickly, attracting 86

Ruins of the Rebel Headquarters, Anti-English Irish uprising, Dublin, May 1916. The Irish Transport & General Workers Union building after storming by English troops

(James) Keir Hardie, Scottish-born British trade unionist and Labour politician, 1903. A founder member of the Labour Party

Demonstration in Copenhagen Fields, London 21 April 1834. Artist: W Summers
Demonstration in Copenhagen Fields, London 21 April 1834. This was a protest against the deportation of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the Dorset agricultural workers deported to Australia for association

Cifra Palace in Kecskemet, 1902
Cifra Palace in Kecskemet, an Art Noveau building that became trade union headquarters and is now a hotel, 1902

Trade Union Scroll, 1851. Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, Millwrights, Smiths and Pattern-Makers scroll which would be presented to members

The Strike - Hitting him Hard, 1861. Illustrating the plight of the worker committed to a union. The union man, involved in a strike over which he now has no control

The British Slave, 1861. The worker, a bricklayer, has been on strike, but, looking at his distressed wife and children, has realised his family needs him to return to work

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