Trade Unions Collection

Arthur Scargill at home near Barnsley, Yorkshire. One of Arthurs possessions is a clock with a face made of coal. The painting was done by Margaret Burlton

National Union of Seamen (Mersey Area) mass meeting held at Liverpool Pierhead near the Seamans war memorial during the ongoing seamans strike

Harry Pollitt, member of the British Communist Party, with a defendant leaving Bow Street police court after members of the party were arrested in London. 16th October 1925

Arthur Scargill and his wife Anne at home near Barnsley, Yorkshire, with their dog Ginger. 19th November 1980

Arthur Scargill: Leader of the National Union of Miners Arthur Scargill at home with his wife. June 1980 80-03110-002

Arthur Scargill working at home near Barnsley, Yorkshire. 19th November 1980

Food parcels being packed and distributed by the miners wives at the Community Hall, Dyffryn Cellwen, Wales. 26th July 1984

Miners from Woolley Colliery, near Barnsley, at the Welfare Club for the ballot today. Pictured is Arthur Scargill. 23rd February 1972

Miners leader Arthur Scargill faced questions from an audience selected by a leading market research organisation to represent a cross-section of Britains voters

Arthur Scargill at the Ramsgate Miners Rally, Kent. 20th November 1984

Yorkshire mineworkers leader Arthur Scargill has it on a plate. He has challenged a nuclear scientist to an eating contest which will involve him eating coal if the challenge is taken up

Joe Gormley speaks at the final day of the Trades Union Congress at Brighton. 5th September 1980

David Basnett speaks at the final day of the Trades Union Congress at Brighton. 5th September 1980

Mr Bill Lapworth, District Organiser of the Transport and General Workers Union, at Coventry. 11th October 1973. West Midlands Divisional Officer

Mr Bill Lapworth, District Organiser of the Transport and General Workers Union, arrives at Coventry. 11th October 1973. West Midlands Divisional Officer

Arthur Scargill: Leader of the National Union of Miners Arthur Scargill at home with his wife. June 1980 80-03110-003

Tireless campaigner Jack Jones. who came to Coventry in 1939 as a transport union official to organise the car industry says the city got off lightly in the 1930s

Coventry became like a second home to Mr Jack Jones when he started his his long career as a union official in the city nearly 40 years ago

Thomas Mann (15 April 1856 e 13 March 1941) was an English trade unionist
Thomas Mann (15 April 1856 Ð 13 March 1941) was an English trade unionist. Largely self-educated, Mann became a successful organiser and a popular public speaker in the labour movement

Lesllie Phillips and crowds of actors cramming into theatre for Equity meeting - November 1975 10/11/1975

President of the National Union of Mineworkers Arthur Scargill speaks to miners at Worksop, Nottinghamshire. 5th January 1985

Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers. 20th July 1990

Bombadier Tom Burridge of Deptfprd, London and his comrade Bombadier Poppleseell of Middlesbrough attempt to trade their cigarette lighter for an accordion at a barter exchange in Luneburg

Items for trade on display in a shop window in Luneburg, Germany after the Second World War. After the war there was a scarcity of vital necessities such as food

"Auld Lang Syne"is sung at the final day of the Trades Union Congress at
" Auld Lang Syne" is sung at the final day of the Trades Union Congress at Brighton. 5th September 1980

Final day of the Trades Union Congress at Brighton. 5th September 1980

Mr Joe Gormley (left) with George Rees, Vice President of South Wales Area National Union of Miners at the Lady Windsor Colliery, Ynysybwl, Wales 21st January 1975

May 1926 General Strike. The strike began on 4th May 1926 and was caused by the breakdown in negotiations in the coal industry dispute

Pickets outside a Burnley Mill during a strike. These at Burnley in October 1931 look more weary than militant but women raise a smile for the press photographers. October 1931

Sammy Gilmore, Convenor of Shop Stewards at Govan Shipbuilders, circa 1979

Chancellor of the Exchequer Anthony Barber with General Secratary of the TUC Vic Fether, during a press conference at the Treasury in Whitehall

General Strike Scene May 1926 End of general strike scenes. Police special constables cheering end of strike news Buses with Daily Mirror poster on

General Strike May 1926 The Great industrial strike commences. Women volunteers lining up to enrol their services

General Strike Scene May 1926 Food Lorry with soldiers a board on guard duty London 1926

General Strike Scene May 1926 Armoured cars out on the streets at the Mansion House London during the general strike of 1926

General Strike Scene May 1926 Scene in Hyde park as the temporary milk depot is set up

General Strike Scene May 1926 Scenes at the Bank London as soldiers ride shot gun

Harold Wilson at the TUC conference in Brighton October 1969

Harold Wilson addressed a very noisy meeting at Birminghams Rag Market, There was a strong contingent of hecklers mingling with the very ardent Labour supporters

Harold Wilson September 1969 at the TUC conference in Brighton

James Callaghan MP at the Notts Miners Gala. June 1960

Edward Heath arrives for talks during the national rail strike talk February 1960 1960s

Harold Wilson British Prime Minister, Mar 1966 addressed a very noisy meeting at Birminghams Rag Market, There was a strong contingent of hecklers mingling with the very ardent Labour supporters

James Callaghan MP July 1958 marches in the South Wales Miners Rally in Cardiff

Fairfields shipyard workers shop stewards in a meeting with Ian Stewart. At the table are Bill Howkens on the left, and Danny Gallagher on right Circa 1955

Harry Pollitt, member of the British Communist Party, smoking a cigarette at the Trade Union Congress at Scarborough. 10th September 1925

Mr. Ray Buckton (A. S. L. E. F. Union leader). January 1974
Mr. Ray Buckton (A.S.L.E.F. Union leader). January 1974

Joe Gormley: National Union of Mineworkers. June 1976

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