War Emergency Workers National Committee 1914-1918

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War Emergency Workers National Committee 1914-1918

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War Emergency Workers' National Committee

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The committee comprised representatives of organisations affiliated to, or eligible for affiliation to the Labour Party. They discussed the relief of civil distress, food prices, housing and pensions. From the guide to the War Emergency Workers National Committee, 1914-1918, (British Library of Political and Economic Science) ...

Labour Representation Committee (Great Britain : 1900-1906)

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In the 1895 General Election the Independent Labour Party put up 28 candidates but won only 44,325 votes. James Keir Hardie (1856-1915), the leader of the party believed that to obtain success in parliamentary elections, it would be necessary to join with other left-wing groups. On 27th February 1900, representatives of all the socialist groups in Britain (the Independent Labour Party, the Social Democratic Federation and the Fabian Society, met with trade union leaders at the Memorial Hall in F...