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Author Tully, John

Title Silvertown : the Lost Story of a Strike that Shook London and Helped Launch the Modern Labor Movement
Published New York : Monthly Review Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (268 pages)
Contents Acknowledgements -- Foreword / by John Callow -- Introductory comment / by John Marriott -- Author's preface -- Prologue: Wednesday 11 September 1889 -- Introduction to a forgotten struggle -- Samuel Silver's palace of industry -- Great sacrifice, great barbarism -- A time of hope -- "They want my life's blood" -- The strike gains momentum -- The workers disunited : skilled vs. unskilled at Silvertown -- "There is no justice, mercy or compassion in the plutocracy" -- November: hunger and cold -- The great strike collapses -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations used in the text and notes -- Glossary of terms -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index
Summary In 1889, Samuel Winkworth Silver's rubber and electrical factory was the site of a massive worker revolt that upended the London industrial district which bore his name: Silvertown. Once referred to as the "Abyss" by Jack London, Silvertown was notorious for oppressive working conditions and the relentless grind of production suffered by its largely unorganized, unskilled workers. These workers, fed-up with their lot and long ignored by traditional craft unions, aligned themselves with the socialist-led "New Unionism" movement. Their ensuing strike paralyzed Silvertown for three months. The st
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Subject Rubber industry and trade -- England -- London -- History
Strikes and lockouts -- England -- London -- History
Labor movement -- England -- London -- History
Labor unions -- England -- London -- History
Socialism -- England -- London
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
Strikes and lockouts
Labor movement
Labor unions
Rubber industry and trade
Socialism
England -- London
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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