Development of trade unionism (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards

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Development of trade unionism
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'Combinations' definition

Small worker groups for mutual support and wage negotiations

Combination Acts passed

1799 and 1800

Combination Acts repealed

1824

New Combination Act passed

1825

GNCTU full name

Grand National Consolidated Trades Union

GNCTU leader

Robert Owen

GNCTU formed

1834

GNCTU 'National Holiday' purpose

General strike to demand higher wages

GNCTU collapsed

End of 1834

Tolpuddle workers' leader

George Loveless

Tolpuddle Martyrs sentence

Transported to Australia for 7 years

Law used to prosecute Tolpuddle

1797 Act Against Unlawful Oaths

New Model Unions emerged

1850s

New Model Unions target members

Highly skilled workers

TUC formed

1868

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