History A-Level
Trade unionism and direct action
What Trade unionism and direct action means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Trade unionism and direct action
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Organisation and action by workers, such as the matchgirls’ strike 1888, which won concessions and helped build unionism among unskilled women, and the Dagenham Ford strike 1968 over grading.
Topics that use Trade unionism and direct action
- Paper 3, Option 39.2: Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004 - 1 Changing patterns of women’s lives within the family and in the world of work (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Changing gender roles and workplace participation
- Economic independence and taxation
- Equal pay legislation
- Reproductive rights and healthcare
- Wartime mobilisation
- Women’s employment patterns
- Legal rights and property ownership
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