Trade unions
We hold a large collection of trade union material from the 1820s onwards including minutes, rule books, badges and banners.Click here to find out more...
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A unique collection capturing the stories and struggles of ordinary people's efforts to improve their world
Explore 200 years of working class movement activism
- 1791
Thomas Paine publishes 'Rights of man' - 1798
Irish Rebellion - 1819
Peterloo - 1834
Tolpuddle - 1844
Rochdale Pioneers - 1848
Kennington Common Chartist meeting - 1867
'Manchester Martyrs' executed - 1868
First meeting of TUC - 1871
Fall of the Paris Commune - 1893
Foundation of the Independent Labour Party - 1913
Cat and Mouse Act - 1924
First Labour government - 1926
General Strike - 1931
Red Megaphones first performance - 1932
Kinder Scout mass trespass - 1936
Spanish Civil War - 1945
Nationalisation of the coal industry - 1948
Birth of the NHS - 1956
Hungarian uprising - 1958
Aldermaston marches and birth of CND - 1971
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
- 1976
Grunwick dispute - 1982
Falklands War
- 1984
Miners' strike - 1990
Nelson Mandela's release from prison - 1998
Good Friday agreement
- 1999
Introduction of national minimum wage - 2001
Stop the War campaign
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Object of the month
Every month a volunteer will choose an interesting object, book or document from the Library collection, which will be displayed in the Library's hall exhibition.
This month's object is a circular calling the first Trades Union Congress (T.U.C.) in Manchester, 1868