New Model Trade Unions
What New Model Trade Unions means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Working-class organisation that advanced by securing better conditions for skilled artisans and improving conditions for the 'aristocracy of labour'.
Working-class organisations, such as the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, that secured legal status through the 1871 Trade Union Act.
Topics that use New Model Trade Unions
- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – Economy, society and politics, 1846–1885 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- 1G Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851–1964 – Reform and challenge, c1851–c1886 (AQA A-Level)
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