Radicals & Reform · event 8 of 10

1868

The first TUC. The inaugural Trades Union Congress meets in Manchester. Thirty-four delegates attend, representing about 118,000 members. The banners of the societies that sent them are at the People’s History Museum.

The Radicals & Reform era

  1. 1819
  2. 1821
  3. 1839
  4. 1844
  5. 1845
  6. 1846
  7. 1852
  8. 1868
  9. 1903
  10. 1918

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