Trade Union and Working Class History

About The Course

Following the success of last year’s programme of online courses, we will be running trade union and working-class history series.

This year’s course focuses specifically on the role played by women in trade union and working class history.

25 September 2025 – Women in Radical Movements 1780-1850

30 October 2025 – New Unionism & Eleanor Marx

27 November 2025 – The Matchwomen’s Strike

29 January 2026 – Mary McArthur and the National Federation of Working Women

26 February 2026 – The 1918 Equal Pay Strike

26 March 2026 – The General Strike in its Aftermath

30 April 2026 – Day Nurseries & ‘British Restaurants’: Women Workers in WW2

28 May 2026 – Part-Time Work in the Post-War Years

25 June 2026 – The Ford Dagenham Strike

30 July 2026 – Trico: The Longest Equal Pay Strike

Please note: You only need to sign up once to access all online sessions.