TUC Library

Very excited, on my last day as TUC Librarian, to announce that we have Jim Thakoordin’s Papers. Educationalist, trade union and Labour Party activist Jim was involved in the LP Black Section and Black Trade Unionist Solidarity Movement. Incl notes, letters, photos & recordings

New interview with Zita Holbourne #BlackTradeUnionOralHistoryProject campaigner and activist, she focuses on her trade union work. Zita is National Vice President of the @pcs_union and chairs its national equality committee and women's committee bit.ly/3HIDVES

New interview with Dr Ian Manborde #BlackTradeUnionOralHistoryProject working for CPSA, PCS and now for Equity, as regional officer in the Midlands. describes the importance of the trade union approach to membership that reflects modern work patterns bit.ly/4l6Qb00

New interview with Fevzi Hussein #BlackTradeUnionOralHistoryProject active in the trade union movement for over three decades, chair of the GMBs Race self-organised group & engaging on a large scale with black trade union members bit.ly/44myqEq @CWUnews

Guest Blogger Dr Sophie Nield, @RHULDrama has been researching for her project, ‘Staging Labour’ in the Gertrude Tuckwell Collection to explore the history of Sweated Industries Exhibitions bit.ly/45uCLGT you can also see bit.ly/43SvVd3 for digitised content

We’ve digitised some of our #antiapartheid pamphlets we’ve used regularly in @LdnMetArts classes for a gallery collections.londonmet.ac.uk/galleries/anti… , incl the very rare “I accuse!” Speeches to court by #NelsonMandela at the #RivoniaTrial

Great to see @The_TUC Gen Sec Paul Nowak and Paul Clarkson visiting @TUC_Library today. We looked at highlights in the collections, including much on unionhistory.info and exhibitions bit.ly/3HdItTv

We're recruiting a new TUC Librarian. A great opportunity to work with a very exciting collection and a great team in @LdnMetSpecColl iaetme.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

A shocking attack on democracy!

'Taken as Red, Highs and Lows of the Labour Party, 1924-2019' Richard Temple’s fascinating book has now been published as a paperback. Includes many dramatic episodes cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-…

Very excited to report we’ve published our interview with campaigning legends Jackie Lewis and Carola Towle bit.ly/4lGz7iB They talk about their part in establishing LGBTQ+ streams in the labour movement, with over 70 years of activism between them.

We are delighted to be a part of the #GeneralStrike 100 anniversary national partnership with other museums, libraries, archives and groups. Find out how you can support this partnership here: bit.ly/GeneralStrike1… #GeneralStrike100

Thanks to participants in Unemployed Workers' Centres project - Bill (Ashington Community Initiative Centre), Colin (Derbyshire), Eileen (Women's groups in Merseyside), Jol (Sheffield), Kevin (National), Liz (Merseyside), Sandra (Sheffield) and Terry (Tyne & Wear)

Very excited to publish interviews by @PaulGriffin from @NUGeog about Unemployed Workers' Centres that were set up across the UK in response to political & economic policies in the 1980s. Testimony that links ideas of community, support and resistance tinyurl.com/2hey92ey

We’ve been digitising content from our #GertrudeTuckwell Archive which you can see online on the fight for #EqualPay and trade union recognition for women workers. Women’s Trade Union League & National Federation of Women Workers bit.ly/43sEBH8 #WomensHistoryMonth

Interview with Sanjiv Vedi #BlackTradeUnionOralHistoryProject chaired BAME Network for Welsh civil service, involved in #ShowRacismtheRedCard & describes the importance of the #BlackWorkersMovement to establishing the enquiry into Stephen Lawrence’s murder bit.ly/41ORHfu

It was lovely to meet the @UsdawUnion Black Leadership Programme yesterday. During the visit we discussed race, class, trade unions & the threat of the far-right. Also incl. our Black Trade Union Oral History Project (Wilf & Chi) #BreakingDownBarriers

Preparing for a class with @UsdawUnion Black Leadership programme tomorrow, searching for #ColouredSeamensUnion found this wonderful @RMTunion resource written by @simartin who I worked with when I was at @Anti_Slavery rmt.org.uk/news/publicati…

Thanks to the hard work of my @LdnMetSpecColl colleagues we’ve just digitised Walter Milne-Bailey’s (head of @the_TUC Research Dept) unpublished record of #GeneralStrike1926 it's aims and implications bit.ly/4icYvdW

Thanks to @kingsenglishdpt students visiting today to see our #GeneralStrike1926 archive in our brand new reading room at Holloway Road campus bit.ly/41rWd3o