'Havelock Wilson Exposed' - Minority Movement pamphlet, 1926
1926 1918-1939 "'Havelock Wilson Exposed' - Minority Movement pamphlet, 1926" [T0289.jpg], 1926, Seaman's Section of the Transport Workers' Minority Movement This pamphlet, published by the seaman's section of the Transport Workers' Minority Movement, attacks...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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1926
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/BDE41EB2-ED7D-481A-88BA-8D7A7FF05D0A http://hdl.handle.net/10796/F2D12BDA-A184-45A0-96B0-6DECE630F27A |
| Summary: | 1926
1918-1939
"'Havelock Wilson Exposed' - Minority Movement pamphlet, 1926" [T0289.jpg], 1926, Seaman's Section of the Transport Workers' Minority Movement
This pamphlet, published by the seaman's section of the Transport Workers' Minority Movement, attacks the leadership of the National Union of Seamen. It also demands improvements in seamen's conditions, including a 48 hours week, clean bedding and a free passage home for seamen left in port due to sickness.
Joseph Havelock Wilson (1858-1929) had been leader of the union and its predecessor since 1887. His policies became increasingly conservative and earlier in 1926 had taken legal action against NUS officers and branches supporting the general strike. In 1928, the union was expelled from the TUC for supporting the breakaway 'Spencer' unions in the coal industry.
The National Minority Movement (NMM) was founded in 1924 on the initiative of the Communist Party of Great Britain. It co-ordinated committees of militant members of existing trade unions, organised on an industrial basis. The NMM aimed to revolutionise the policies and structures of trade unions by decreasing bureaucracy and overthrowing the existing leadership. |
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| Physical Description: | Pamphlet TEXT |