The History of the TUC 1868-1968
Part one 1868-1900
originally published in 1968
- Section - George Woodcock's foreword
- Section - "why not have a congress of our own?"
- Section - the invitation to the first Congress
- Section - early union leaders and their causes
- Section - events that led to the first TUC
- Section - the TUC's first victories
- Section - working hours and conditions
- Section - the price of coal
- Section - uniting miners
- Section - compensation for injuries
- Section - uniting farm workers
- Section - teachers, the first white collar unionists
- Section - on the brink of a new century
- Section - the great 1899 dockers' strike
Report (6,700 words) issued 12 Mar 2001

