Trade Unionism
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 1,500 objects related to Glasgow Trade Unionism which date from between 1765 and 1996. This collection contains banners, badges, certificates, ceramics and glassware, posters, leaflets, membership cards, paintings, drawings and photographs. These items trace the development of the trade union from its origins in journeyman and friendly societies to the campaigning societies of the later 19th and 20th centuries. The most significant and iconic items are the banners and certificates, which cover unions from many different areas of work. Trade unions and their leaders are also the subject of related paintings and drawings. Some of these, such as Andrew Hay's paintings of the Miner's Strike of 1984–5, were made at the time of the events while others, such as Ken Currie's Glasgow history paintings, were created much later. The collection also represents significant events within the history of trade unionism such as General Strike of 1926, the Miner's Strike and the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-In, between 1971 and 1972. Glasgow is regarded as the birthplace of the trade unionism in Scotland and a centre of trade union activity.
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