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As the trades council of a major industrial city, it began playing a national role, and in 1864 it hosted an early meeting of trade unions from across the UK. By this point, about two-thirds of the trade unions in the city had affiliated, with the important
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In 1951, the council refused to obey an STUC order not to support CPGB-led peace campaign. In response, the STUC ordered the council to dissolve. Eventually, a compromise was found, with the council reforming as the
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following in the 1870s. The council also helped set up unions in areas where there was no appropriate body, organising unions for sailors, carters, and most importantly what became the
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In 1904, the council shortened its name to "Glasgow Trades Council", but it soon became the "Glasgow Trades and Labour Council", also representing the local
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of the miners played an important role, but did not hold any prominent post, and was able to attend only as an honorary member of the
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Records of Glasgow District Trades Council, trades council, Glasgow, Scotland
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National Committee of Organised Labour for Promoting Old Age Pensions for All
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The Labour Aristocracy Revisited: The Victorian Flint Glass Makers, 1850-80
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The Trade Union Rank and File: Trades Councils in Britain, 1900-40
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The Trade Union Rank and File: Trades Councils in Britain, 1900-40
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The Trade Union Rank and File: Trades Councils in Britain, 1900-40
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The Trade Union Rank and File: Trades Councils in Britain, 1900-40
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Red Scotland!: The Rise and Fall of the Radical Left, C. 1872-1932
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Labour in Glasgow, 1896-1936: Socialism, Suffrage, Sectarianism
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British Workers and the Independent Labour Party, 1888-1906
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Centenary brochure, 1858-1958: a hundred years of progress
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became strong on the council, which affiliated to the
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did not engage with the council. However, following
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The council played a key role in the creation of the
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Index

trade union
Glasgow
Scotland
trades council
Alexander MacDonald
Flint Glass Makers' Sick and Friendly Society
Lanarkshire Miners' County Union
National Union of Dock Labourers
Glasgow Town Council
James Millar Jack
John Battersby
Keir Hardie
Mid Lanarkshire by-election, 1888
Scottish Labour Party
Scottish United Trades Councils Labour Party
1892 general election
Scottish Trades Union Congress
National Committee of Organised Labour for Promoting Old Age Pensions for All
Workers' Educational Association
Labour Party
Red Clydeside
Clyde Workers' Committee
World War I
Communist Party of Great Britain
National Minority Movement
George Carson
William Shaw
Arthur Brady
George Middleton
Scottish Trades Union Congress

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