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Campaigning banner for trade union reform
1872, Banner
Campaigning banner for trade union reform
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Item no
22436
Title
Campaigning banner for trade union reform
Description
Tinplate workers glazed linen banner with black lettering painted on one side. CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT, TOTAL REPEAL no TINKERING.
Date
1872
Size
H130cm x W91cm H130cm x W91cm
Type
Banner
Location
The People's Story
Accession number
HH4314/81
Carried by the Edinburgh Tinplate Workers in the Great Demonstration Against the Criminal Law Amendment Act, on Saturday 13 August
1873. This Act was passed in 1871 and restricted picketing, leading to the prosecution of trade unionists. A witty banner, as a tinker was a mender of tin ware.
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