tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post3049936689836563670..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Tin boxes, trade unions, and tilingCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-65208957288043350442021-07-12T06:27:44.408+01:002021-07-12T06:27:44.408+01:00Of course all the 600 women at Scott's joined ...Of course all the 600 women at Scott's joined the Federation; every thinking worker would have done the same. As did the neighbouring tin box factories ..where the workers had been underpaid, overworked and had their health endangered. <br /><br />So I am outraged, even after all this time, that the upsurge of trade union activism was described as The Deptford Uprising. Capitalism meant exploitation, so trade unionism represented rebellion to the business owners.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com