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A forerunner of the Trades Union Congress founded on the work of William Dronfield in 1866 which collapsed largely due to treasurer William Broadhead's role in the Sheffield Outrages
United Kingdom Alliance of Organised Trades
The percentage of land enclosed between 1750 and 1830, mostly located in the Midlands
20%
A model village where mills were run on humanitarian grounds by David Dale and Robert Owen
New Lanark
A paternalistic Tory MP who opposed parliamentary reform but led the call within Parliament for factory reform - a position taken up by John Fielden after he left the Commons - chairing the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of the Condition of the Labouring Classes
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury (1801 - 1885)
Combinations of workers offering mutual protection through benefits such as insurance which sometimes acted as a cover for activities more akin to those of trade unions
Friendly Societies
Wages evaluated in terms of purchasing power rather than the amount of money paid
Real Wages
A paternalistic Tory, and campaigner from Leeds, a key mover behind the Ten Hour Movement and writer of Yorkshire Slavery
Richard Oastler (1789 - 1861)
A spinning frame invented in 1768 by Richard Arkwright allowing for the spinning of 128 threads at a time and the founding of the factory system in textiles
Water Frame
The number of joint-stock banks in 1866
154 (850 branches)
An 1871 act passed alongside the Trade Union Act that made picketing illegal, thus complicating the ability to strike successfully
Criminal Law Amendment Act
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The decade in which the power loom came into common use in the wool industry
1860's
The epithet given to factories during the industrial revolution
Churches of Industry
An 1825 act that outlawed combinations for anything other than wage increases or working hours and re-imposed sanctions for methods of persuading workers away from work
Combination of Workers Act
Institutions outside of London that accepted deposits and offered a means of easy payment between businesses
County Bank
The ratio by which friendly societies outnumbered trade unions by 1870
4 to 1
The process whereby machinery replaced manual production processes
Mechanisation
A 1797 naval mutiny on the Thames desiring better pay, conditions, and peace with France, ultimately defeated
Nore Mutiny
An important trade council established in 1860, formed in response to the London builders' dispute, with over 100,000 affiliates by the mid 1860's
London Trades Council
Factors beside changes in industry that impacted living standards during the period
Accidental Accompaniments
The increase in the number of spinning factories from 1770 to 1790
20 to 150
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