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OUR LIVING HISTORY DAY-SCHOOLS

EA68 Great Women Trade Unionists

EA70 Our Songs Made History

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For most of the lifetime of the Labour Movement songs cemented solidarity together and gave the news and communicated our politics. The GFTU has produced a double CD of songs called Voice and Vision, songs of resistance, democracy, and peace. Using this as a starting point and engaging some of the great contemporary singers of these songs this day-school will provide a fascinating insight into our heritage.

Many brave and highly organised women have led the trade union movement since its inception and made the Movement what it is today. This day-school will consider the stories and importance of some of these women and their lasting legacy and perhaps some of the unfinished business today. Reference will also be made to some of the plays and literature about these women pioneers. The struggle for the universal franchise with votes for all from the age of eighteen regardless of wealth took over 130 years. This struggle for democratic engagement was opposed all the way and took campaigning and sacrifice to achieve. The Chartists started off this struggle and their campaigning should never be forgotten, it helped shape much of the modern day Movement and its campaigning. In this day-school the words and songs of the Chartists will help illustrate a story none of us should forget. Mike Sanders of Manchester University and will lead off a lively discussion. EA69 The Chartists

EA71 The Modern Trade Union Movement

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Where did we come from, what have we achieved, how have we changed, what did we contribute to society, what can we contribute further? It is an old truth that you don’t know where you are going unless you know where you have come from. Reflecting on the developments in the movement from the 1960s onwards, Professor Keith Gildart of Wolverhampton University and formerly the NUM, will lead a discussion about our trade union history.

Our History, Our Future The past we inherit, the future we build

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