TRADES UNION
CONGRESS ANNIVERSARY,
(Per British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY April 25.
The Trades Union Congress will celebrate its seventieth anniversary this year, and the general secretary (Sir Walter Citrine) reviews its history in a booklet just published. When, in 1868, the first congress was held in Manchester, there were 34 delegates representing a total membership of 118,367 workers. At Norwich last year 623 delegates represented 214 affiliated unions with a total membership of 4)008,647, an increase of 394,196 over the figures of the previous year.
The Congress anticipates that at the time of its meeting at Blackpool next September it will be able to show a further considerable increase in membership.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1938, Page 5
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