Trade union lives Archives - Trade Union Ancestors

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Trade union lives

Some extraordinary and dedicated people have passed through the trade union movement. The stories of their trade union lives are

This is the story of Robert Applegarth (1834-1924): carpenters’ trade union leader.

This is the story of Will Crooks (1852-1921), leader of the great London docks strike of 1889 and later an

Anne Loughlin (1894-1979) was the first woman president of the TUC in 1943.

This is the story of Beatrice Webb (1858-1943): social reformer and historian of the trade union movement.

This is the story of Mary Macarthur (1880-1921): shopworkers’ union activist and leading figure in women’s trade unionism.

This is the story of Philip Charles Hoffmann (1878-1959): shopworkers’ organiser.