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GCSE History · key term
The late-nineteenth-century growth of trade unions among low-paid and unskilled workers, using collective organisation and strikes to improve conditions.
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Paper 2
Revise: Workers MovementsNew unionism extended organisation to workers who had previously been poorly represented. The match workers at Bryant and May’s factory in Bow, east London, became an important example.
Paper 2
The growth from the late 1880s of unions recruiting less-skilled and lower-paid workers, using lower subscriptions and often more militant methods.
Revise: The Rise of Labour and the Women’s Suffrage MovementFrom the late 1880s, New Unionism widened recruitment. Lower subscription fees made membership more affordable, helping unions become mass organisations rather than associations restricted to particular skilled trades.
Distinguish New Model Unions for skilled workers from new unionism, which extended organisation to low-paid and unskilled workers.
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