TRADES CONGRESS
SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY GROWTH OF MOVEMENT British Wireless RUGBY, April 26 The Trades Union Congress celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, and the general secretary 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. At Norwich last year 623 delegates represented 214 affiliated unions with n total membership of 4,008,647, an* increase of 394,1p6 over the figures of the previous year. The congress anticipates that at the time of the meeting at Blackpool next September it will be able to show a further considerable increase in membership.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23023, 28 April 1938, Page 13
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