Perth Typographical Society PTS (a printing union whose lineage can be traced back to the General Typographical Association of Scotland (established in 1836 (the Perth branch of which was formed c1837); amalgamated with the National Typographical Association in 1844; collapsed in early 1848) maintained a branch in Perth from 1 […]
Perth & District Trades & Labour Council – Minutes 1. 12 October 1897 – 12 February 1903: 11 November 1897 meeting normally on a fortnightly basis with Mr Finlay Cree of the operative masons presiding. About thirty at the meeting. Carpet weavers mentioned. Also labourers. And slaters. ASE appoint delegates […]
James Connolly was born at 107 Cowgate in Edinburgh (an area known commonly as Little Ireland) on June 5 1868 and went on to become the General Secretary of the Irish Transport & General Workers Union (IT&GWU), one of the seven signatories to the 1916 Proclamation of Irish Independence, and […]