THE 1911 BLOG... is a resource for articles, essays and discussion about the 1911 Liverpool General Transport Strike and its broader historical backdrop: the wave of worker militancy that swept Britain between 1910 and 1914 that became known as the Great Unrest. We would welcome your contributions on the period and also work that draws out the relevance of the struggles of the period to the labour movement today...
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Monday, 31 October 2011
Great Unrest: 100 Years Since the First National Railway Strike / Fighting Unions- 1911 & Today
An upcoming event in Manchester to commemorate the centenary of the first National Railway Strike in 1911 and its relevance to the labour movement today. [See leaflet below for further details]
Saturday November 12th 2011
16:00-19:30
People's History Museum, Left Bank,
Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3ER
Tel 0161 838 9190
Speakers:
Bob Crow (RMT General Secretary)
Alex Gordon (RMT President)
Sam Davies (Professor of History, LJMU)
David Howell (Professor of Politics, York)
Great Unrest: 100 Years since the First National Railway Strike (Leaflet)
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