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workers walked out and the deputation became a provisional strike committee. The wife of one of the members of this provisional committee had recalled the Communist Party's assistance during a previous strike in South Wales and, although there were no communists on the committee itself, they decided to approach the local party branch in Oxford for support.
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culminating in a march of 200 people on the Town Hall on 11 April. In May the tenants held a rent strike which was defeated when 4 of the strikers were evicted for rent arrears. Nevertheless, the estate was later sold on to another owner who made some improvements, and the Florence Park tenants association survives to this day.
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1,000 leaflets to try to extend the strike to other groups in the factory and by Tuesday, 180 workers were on strike. In recognition of the importance of the strike, the party sent Lazarus to Oxford to support the local branch. He came to the city on Tuesday night along with two full-time organisers from the
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plant in Oxford went on strike. Employees on the night shift in the press shop were paid short on their wages, they stopped work and elected a deputation, consisting of four women and twelve men, to see management the next morning. The deputation was turned down. The following Monday, 100 night shift
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Lazarus contracted rheumatic fever during his childhood and this affected his education, because of his condition he was taught at home by his mother. His health recovered in 1928 so he got a job working as a professional driver and a mechanic, later on in 1930 he joined the Hammersmith branch of the
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The estate had been established in 1934 on the land of George Allen who owned the Steam Plough factory nearby. He had been refused permission to extend the factory onto what was at the time boggy farmland but planning permission was given for Frederick Moss to build 600 houses there. The houses were
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Oxford's population grew rapidly in the 1920s and 1930s as people were brought in to work at the Morris Motors and Pressed Steel factories. Organisation in the factories increased the profile of the Communist Party and led to its involvement in non-industrial disputes, such as struggles over housing
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that the walls were illegal, Lazarus organised a demonstration for 11 May 1935 to march on the wall and knock it down. On the day a crowd of 2,000 people gathered at Wren road. Lazarus and a companion then walked to one of the walls wielding pickaxes. They were blocked by a line of police officers
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At this time there were a number of communists in the factory, many with a history of industrial militancy in South Wales and elsewhere. Communists advised the strike committee to include demands for higher pay, better conditions and trades union recognition. That night, the Communist Party printed
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On Monday 23rd, the strike committee met with management for the first time. After two hours, they returned with a printed statement signed by Otto Müeller the managing director. Lazarus translated it into more understandable English. There was no reference to wages and conditions and a refusal to
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held a special meeting at which they voted to back the strike to "make Pressed Steel 100% union". A 'council of action' was formed and two mass meetings were organised in St Giles. Lazarus addressed both meetings and drew large crowds, the first meeting on Friday had 1,000 people and the second on
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Many of the new workers at Pressed Steel moved onto the recently built Florence Park estate in Cowley, there was such a large in-migration from South Wales that the area was dubbed 'little Rhondda'. These workers also brought with them a tradition of collective involvement in the labour movement,
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On hearing of the problems tenants were facing Lazarus made his way to the tenant manager’s office, he spoke to the residents and a large crowd formed. Lazarus suggested they retire to the Pembroke Hall, where a committee was organised and a large campaign was launched. Daily meetings were held,
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Lazarus was Jewish by background. He married Mabel Browning in 1937 and together they had one daughter. Mabel worked as a scientific assistant. Lazarus often took his family on holiday to France, but this ended in 1951 when he was deported and forbidden to return. Earlier in February 1951 he had
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intervened behind the scenes, appealing to the factory management to accept the strikers' demands. Pressed Steel was also coming under increasing pressure to fulfill orders and get production moving again. By Saturday 28th the factory management had capitulated, and on Monday 30th the strikers
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collected food and money, and the Oxford Co-operative Society set up a system of vouchers for the strikers. Railway workers were asked not to move parts from the factory, and workers in other car plants in Dagenham, Coventry and Birmingham refused to handle goods from Pressed Steel.
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built in a hurry by unqualified labourers on muddy land, and this meant they were very poorly constructed. Tenants complained of unsanitary living conditions and they commissioned an architectural report which upheld their grievances.
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who threatened to arrest them for assault if they went any further. Defeated, Lazarus returned to the crowd and climbed up a tree to make a speech. A long campaign ensued before the walls were finally taken down on 9 March 1959.
137:(1911–1967) was a leading British Communist activist, charity worker, and anti-fascist, most famous for leading numerous high profile factory strikes in London and Oxford, and for organising communists and Jews to resist the 252:
The strike had also gained support within the local community. The Trades Council donated £150 to the strike fund, the strike committee independently raised £100 on its own, while the
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recognise the union. The statement was unanimously rejected and a new set of demands was agreed by the strikers who by Wednesday numbered nearly 1,000.
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elections. He was never elected, although he did gain a significant proportion of the votes. In 1937 he stood for Cowley on a joint ticket with
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returned to work with a guaranteed basic hourly rate, no victimization and full union recognition. 1,500 workers joined unions at the factory.
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and this earned him the nickname 'Bill Firestone'. After the strike he became the South Midlands organiser for the Communist Party.
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they were inclined to organisation and militancy. Lazarus was called upon when issues arose with the quality of their new homes.
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which segregated poor working class communities from wealthier ones. While living in Oxford he led tenant strikes in
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itself contributed £300. A soup kitchen had been set up by Cowley Labour Party women, the Oxford branch of the
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The 1934 strike for union recognition at Pressed Steel: a victory for the people of Oxford
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The 1934 strike for union recognition at Pressed Steel: a victory for the people of Oxford
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The major event of 1935 in which Lazarus took a leading role was the campaign against the
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Lazarus stood multiple times as a communist in the Cowley & Iffley ward during the
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A similar campaign was waged on the Great Headley Estate of Headington in 1939.
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The factory and the city: the story of the Cowley automobile workers in Oxford
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outside Belsize Park tube station. In 1933 he led a strike at the
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travelled to Czechoslovakia as a guest of the miners' union.
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Lazarus, Abraham (September 1934). "The years of struggle".
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A Woman in Law: Reflections on Gender, Class and Politics
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committee. Later on in October 1938 he was involved in a
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On 8 June 1938 he was elected to the Oxford City Council
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An actor playing the role of Abraham Lazarus performs in
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Wynn, Arthur (August 1935). "Cutteslowe wall campaign".
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Radicalism, Socialism and Labourism in Oxford, 1890-1980
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The Oxford rent and housing scandal: who is responsible?
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The British Communist Party and the Trade Unions 1933-45
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British Union of Fascists
Cutteslowe Wall
Cowley
refugee children
Spanish Civil War
Communist Party of Great Britain
National Unemployed Workers' Movement
Daily Worker
Firestone tyre factory
World Festival of Youth and Students
Pressed Steel
Transport and General Workers Union
Trades Council
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Ernest Bevin
Unite

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Museum of Oxford
Cutteslowe Walls
Stafford Cripps
Oxford City Council
Frank Pakenham
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