AQA GCSE History · 8145
Paper 2
Revise: Workers MovementsDuring the 1850s, skilled workers developed more stable organisations known as New Model Unions. A key example was the Amalgamated Society of Engineers.
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GCSE History · key term
A mid-nineteenth-century union of skilled workers whose subscriptions funded support for members facing sickness, injury or unemployment.
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Paper 2
Revise: Workers MovementsDuring the 1850s, skilled workers developed more stable organisations known as New Model Unions. A key example was the Amalgamated Society of Engineers.
Distinguish New Model Unions for skilled workers from new unionism, which extended organisation to low-paid and unskilled workers.
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