GB 1924 Tolpuddle - National Agricultural Labourers' and Rural Workers' Union: Tolpuddle Branch

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GB 1924 Tolpuddle

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National Agricultural Labourers' and Rural Workers' Union: Tolpuddle Branch

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  • 1917-1953 (Creation)

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1 volume

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Biographical history

The Union was founded in 1906 as the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labourers and Smallholders Union. Its objects were to enable the agricultural labourer to secure 'proper representation on all local bodies...protection from political persecution and better conditions of living', and by 1910 it had 4000 members. In 1912 the name was changed to the National Agricultural Labourers' and Rural Workers' Union. It had 180,000 members by 1920 and the name was changed yet again, to the National Union of Agricultural Workers. It became the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers (NUAAW) in 1968 in recognition of its interest in industries ancillary to agriculture. In 1981 the NUAAW amalgamated with the Transport and General Workers Union.

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GB 1924 Tolpuddle 1917-1953 Collection (Fonds) 1 volume National Agricultural Labourers' and Rural Workers' Union
National Union of Agricultural Workers
The Union was founded in 1906 as the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labourers and Smallholders Union. Its objects were to enable the agricultural labourer to secure 'proper representation on all local bodies...protection from political persecution and better conditions of living', and by 1910 it had 4000 members. In 1912 the name was changed to the National Agricultural Labourers' and Rural Workers' Union. It had 180,000 members by 1920 and the name was changed yet again, to the National Union of Agricultural Workers. It became the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers (NUAAW) in 1968 in recognition of its interest in industries ancillary to agriculture. In 1981 the NUAAW amalgamated with the Transport and General Workers Union.

Transferred to TUC Library Collections at the University of North London, 1998.

Minute book of the Tolpuddle Branch of the National Agricultural Labourers' and Rural Workers' Union (later the National Union of Agricultural Workers), 1917-1953

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Open to bona fide researchers at the discretion of the TUC Librarian.

At the discretion of the TUC Librarian and subject to copyright conditions.
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Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Source: Historical Directory of Trade Unions, Volume 2 by Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, (1980). Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Mar 2002 Agriculture Dorset England Europe Labour relations National Agricultural Labourers' and Rural Workers' Union National Union of Agricultural Workers Tolpuddle Trade unions UK Western Europe London

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Transferred to TUC Library Collections at the University of North London, 1998.

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Minute book of the Tolpuddle Branch of the National Agricultural Labourers' and Rural Workers' Union (later the National Union of Agricultural Workers), 1917-1953

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Single volume

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Open to bona fide researchers at the discretion of the TUC Librarian.

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At the discretion of the TUC Librarian and subject to copyright conditions.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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Trades Union Congress (TUC) Library Collections at London Metropolitan University

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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