History Workshop’s crowd-sourced Strike Syllabus offers texts to inspire and galvanise, to stir righteous anger or provide necessary solace.
Tag: Trade Unions
Anti-Apartheid in Ireland: The Dunnes’ Stores Strike, 1984-87
What was the link between the famous Dunnes Store strike in Ireland and the anti-apartheid movement? Pádraig Durnin delves into a history of transnational solidarity and local trade unionism.
“Gathered for Special Training”: Football and Politicisation in Franco’s Prisons
What role did football play in Francoist prisons? Jessica Thorne on the importance of culture and sport as a vehicle for politicisation.
Where’s the power in a union and why is it important?
How are decisions made in a union? Jack Saunders looks at workplace organisation in the NHS and the motor industry in the post-war period, and offers lessons for the present day.
Radical Objects: The Peasants’ Revolt Badge
Stephen Williams recounts the 1981 Peasants’ Revolt on Blackheath in South London, galvanising the left’s resistance to a Tory majority and commemorating the 1381 march.
The Maltreated and the Malcontents: Working in the Great Western Cotton Factory, 1838-1914
Direct militancy of women as well as male factory workers over several decades at Bristol’s Great Western Cotton Works.
