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London Society Of Compositors
The London Society of Compositors was a British trade union, representing print workers in London. History The union was founded as the London Union of Compositors in 1834 by the merger of the London Trade Society of Compositors and the London General Trade Society of Compositors. The following year, it was joined by the News Society of Compositors. In 1845, the union was officially dissolved, its members designating it the South Eastern District of the National Typographical Association. The national organisation collapsed, and the London group re-established itself as the "London Society of Compositors". The union had a membership of over 10,000 by 1910, and attempted to expand outside London, but the Trades Union Congress instituted arbitration which limited it to a fifteen-mile radius of central London, the Typographical Association having rights to organise in the remainder of England. In 1955, the Society merged with the Printing Machine Managers' Trade Society an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Graphical Association
The National Graphical Association (NGA) was a trade union representing typographers and related workers in the United Kingdom. History The union was formed in 1964 by the merger of two long-term rival unions, the Typographical Association and the London Typographical Society. It was joined by a large number of small craft print unions including the National Society of Electrotypers and Stereotypers, National Union of Press Telegraphists, Association of Correctors of the Press The Association of Correctors of the Press (ACP) was a longstanding trade union representing proofreaders in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1854 as the London Association of Correctors of the Press. At first a very small organiza ..., Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers. Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers and Engravers (SLADE) and National Union of Wallcoverings and Allied Trades. By 1982 it had a membership of 136,300.Arthur Marsh, Victoria Ryan and John B. Smet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Southwark South East By-election
The 1921 Southwark South East by-election was a by-election, parliamentary by-election held on 14 December 1921 for the British House of Commons United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of Southwark South East (UK Parliament constituency), Southwark South East, in the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark in London. The seat had become vacant on the death of the constituency's Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP), James Arthur Dawes. Dawes had been MP for Southwark South East since the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 election, and before that Walworth (UK Parliament constituency), Walworth since the January 1910 United Kingdom general election, January 1910 election. History Result See also * List of United Kingdom by-elections * Southwark South East (UK Parliament constituency), Southwark South East constituency References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Southwark South East by-election, 1921 1921 elections in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Records Centre, University Of Warwick
The Modern Records Centre (MRC) is the specialist archive service of the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, located adjacent to the Central Campus Library. It was established in October 1973 and holds the world's largest archive collection on British industrial relations, as well as archives relating to many other aspects of British social, political and economic history. The BP corporate archive is located next to the MRC, but has separate staff and facilities. Holdings Trade unions The Modern Records Centre holds by far the largest collection of archives of British trade unions in the country. The largest collection held in the centre is the archive of the Trades Union Congress (TUC). Other significant collections of archives relating to British trade unions include: *Amalgamated Engineering Union / Amalgamated Society of Engineers * Amalgamated Slaters' and Tilers' Provident Society *Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners * Amalgamated Society of Lithograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |