Federation of East London Labour Unions, 1889
1889 1880-1914 "Federation of East London Labour Unions, 1889" [T0264.jpg], 1889 The success of the tailors' and other Jewish trade unions in 1889 encouraged William Wess, the secretary of the Tailors' Strike Committee, to propose this Federation. Its purpose was to provide advic...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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1889
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/18112868-672A-40EE-80ED-C43BB49A2340 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/503BE693-016B-4EC0-B762-49379EB9B7EF |
| Summary: | 1889
1880-1914
"Federation of East London Labour Unions, 1889" [T0264.jpg], 1889
The success of the tailors' and other Jewish trade unions in 1889 encouraged William Wess, the secretary of the Tailors' Strike Committee, to propose this Federation. Its purpose was to provide advice and support for the further unionisation of sweatshops in East London. Unions invited to affiliate included the tailors, cabinet makers, stick and cane dressers, lasters, capmakers and journeymen bootfinishers. This leaflet in English and Yiddish advertises the inaugural meeting on 28 December, 1889 where Tom Mann and Ben Tillett were among the speakers. However the Federation had disappeared by 1892. |
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