Trade Unionist Collection

A. J. Cook led the Miners and the miners led the strike, c1926, (1938). Arthur James Cook (1883-1931), known as A. J. Cook, was a British trade union leader who was General Secretary of the Miners

Otto Hue, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Otto Hue, between c1915 and c1920.

Healy, Fitzgerald, Mahon, Frayne, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Healy, Fitzgerald, Mahon, Frayne, 1916. Shows Timothy Healy, William B. Fitzgerald, William D. Mahon, Hugh Frayne (general organizer in New York for the American Federation of Labor)

La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee: trios representantes du parti socialiste majoritaire et une elue du parti national

Samuel Gompers, between 1913 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Samuel Gompers, between 1913 and 1917
Samuel Gompers, between 1913 and 1917. British-born American cigar maker, businessman and union leader

Eugene V. Debs, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Eugene V. Debs, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Eugene V. Debs, 1912. [American socialist, political activist and trade unionist Gene Debs, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

On to Washington; A. Philip Randolph, Candidate for Assembly from the 19th Assembly... 1918-1922. Creator: Unknown
On to Washington; A. Philip Randolph, Candidate for Assembly from the 19th Assembly Distric, 1918-1922

In front of city hall, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
In front of city hall, San Francisco, California. The Worker's Alliance, Works Progress Administration (WPA) organize simultaneous demonstrations in the large cities of the nation cut in

[Untitled photo]: New York City street scene, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled photo]: New York City street scene. Trade union members picketing Macy's

In front of city hall, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
In front of city hall, San Francisco, California. The Worker's Alliance, Works Progress Administration (WPA) organize simultaneous demonstrations in the large cities of the nation cut in

From Oklahoma farm (April 1938) to strike leader in California, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
From Oklahoma farm (April 1938) to strike leader in California. Cotton strike (Nov. 1938). He displays his union membership book. "Vote No on No

Trades demonstration at Florence against the temporal power of the Pope, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Trades demonstration at Florence against the temporal power of the Pope, 1862. Engraving from a sketch by M. Mariani. [View of]...a demonstration in answer to the last declaration of Cardinal

Marchers from Shoreditch, Means Test protests, Hyde Park, London, 1932, (1933) Creator: Unknown
Marchers from Shoreditch, Means Test protests, Hyde Park, London, 1932, (1933). The Shoreditch contingent arrives at Hyde Park

Untitled negative showing a portrait of A. Philip Randolph, labor leader, Washington, D. C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
[Untitled negative showing a portrait of A. Philip Randolph, labor leader, Washington, D.C. ]

Four firms being picketed, 42nd Street, New York City, New York, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
New York City. Four firms on 42nd Street in block east of Fifth Avenue were being picketed in this manner on this afternoon

Firms being picketed, 42nd Street, New York City, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
New York City. Four firms on 42nd Street in block east of Fifth Avenue were being picketed in this manner on this afternoon

Margaret Bondfield, 1929, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Margaret Bondfield, 1929, (1935). Portrait of Margaret Grace Bondfield (1873-1953), British Labour politician, trade unionist and womens rights activist

The Railway Strike - Meeting on Tower Hill, 1919, 1920. Artist: CRW Nevinson
The Railway Strike - Meeting on Tower Hill, 1919, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

Keir Hardie addressing the first womens suffrage demonstration, London, 19 May 1906
Keir Hardie addressing the first womens suffrage demonstration, Trafalgar Square, London, 19 May 1906. Hardie (1856-1915) was a Scottish trade unionist

John L Lewis, American trade unionist, 1939. John Llewellyn Lewis (1880-1969), was an American leader of organised labour who served as President of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to

Keir Hardie speaking at a peace rally in Trafalgar Square, 2nd August, 1914. Artist
Keir Hardie speaking at a peace rally in Trafalgar Square, London, 2 August, 1914. James Keir Hardie (1856-1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician

Eugene Victor Debs, American Union leader, addressing a crowd, 20th century. Artist
Eugene Victor Debs, American Union leader, addressing a crowd, 20th century. Debs (1855-1926) was instrumental in the founding of one of the first trade unions in the United States

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

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

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

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

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