Novocastrian involvement in the One Big Union

Title: Novocastrian involvement in the One Big Union
Creator: Belic, Peta; Eklund, Erik
Relation: Radical Newcastle p. 106-114
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2015
Description: Newcastle is both a place and a concept. In the 1920s and 1930s, influenced by the traditions of radical organising established in the late 19th century outlined in previous chapters, many people came to Newcastle seeking the elusive 'working man's paradise'. As a result, there were radical movements within the town working towards this industrialised utopia. These included communist members of the trade union movement and, during the Great Depression, the unemployment movements. This chapter will analyse the involvement of the Miner's Federation in one of these movements, the One Big Union, and the brief life of One Big Union of the unemployed. While both of these groups were eventually amalgamated into less radical associations, a study of their existence provides an insight into the concept of Newcastle as a city and the hopes and dreams of those who lived there.
Subject: Newcastle; unemployment; One Big Union; industrial workers
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1328728
Identifier: uon:25980
Identifier: ISBN:9781742241968
Language: eng

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