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In the summer of 1901 the Bristol Tramways Company sacked 90 employees who had recently joined the Gasworkers\u2019 and General Labourers\u2019 Union. Another 300 tramways employees went on strike in support of their dismissed fellow workers. This action by the Tramways Company was a direct challenge to the trade union movement in Bristol and beyond, and the wider labour movement rallied in support of the tramwaymen. The company threw all the resources they had into defeating the union and were ultimately successful. What followed was a 35 year struggle over pay and conditions by tramworkers.<\/p>\n

In this talk Rob Whitfield<\/strong> will examine the 1901 lockout and its aftermath, an episode in Bristol\u2019s trade union history which has not received the attention it deserves.<\/p>\n\n

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