In 2022, as every year, it is possible to look back and see significant milestones in labour history taking place 25, 50 or 100 years ago. Here we recall seven memorable events, each a quarter of a century further back in time. They include labour movement victories and defeats, and like all of history their interpretation and significance continue to be contested – the role … Continue reading Seven labour history anniversaries in 2022
In an era when every self-respecting town centre of any size had at least one department store, no December shopping trip would have been complete without a visit to Santa’s grotto. The experience left most small children with a smile on their face and a cheap toy, while the store owners were equally happy with the additional profits. But for the bit-part actors and bar … Continue reading When Santa and his elves formed a union
Peter Beilharz and Sian Supski pay tribute to the Australian labour historian Stuart Macintyre Continue reading Tribute: an Australian perspective on Stuart Macintyre
Professor Kevin Morgan pays tribute to the work of the leading Australian historian Stuart Macintyre Continue reading Tribute: a British perspective on Stuart Macintyre
The organisational history of trade unions in the iron and steel industry is a complex one. The photographs here, published by the ISTC in the early 1980s as a series of postcards, show the banners and membership certificates of some of the organisations that form part of that story. Trade union membership in the iron and steel trades ebbed and flowed over the latter half … Continue reading Forging a single union for the iron and steel industry
The People’s Flag… is in need of a little care, writes Mike Sanders. Banners and flags have played a key role in Labour movement since its inception. Trades unions and political protesters alike have marched behind banners proclaiming their objectives and values using both word and image. Nor has their symbolic importance escaped the attention of those opposed to the Labour movement. At Peterloo, the … Continue reading SSLH backs drive to conserve historic Belgian trade union banners
The Society for the Study of Labour History calendar for 2022 enables you to see the whole year at a single glance – and maybe get just a little distracted working out which trade union badges appear in the photo. Download the 2022 SSLH calendar (PDF format) Continue reading Society for the Study of Labour History 2022 calendar
The 2021 edition of the Scottish Labour History Society’s peer-reviewed journal Scottish Labour History is out now Continue reading Scottish Labour History out now
Liverpool University Press is offering 50% off all its books when you order online between now and 31 December 2021. This includes everything in the Studies in Labour History series published with the Society for the Study of Labour History. Follow this link and use code WINTER21 at checkout. Continue reading All books half price till 31 December
Indexes to Historical Studies in Industrial Relations are now available on the SSLH website Continue reading Historical Studies in Industrial Relations: indexes from 1996 onwards are now online
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