The welfare work of unions and co-operatives (3.5) 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryModern Britain from 1750A2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: Ellief_2000Created on: 23-05-18 18:50 Trade Unions workers were ready to combine to negotiate, or fight, for improved working conditions and higher pay many were trade or skill based Amalgamated society of engineers was formed in 1851, and were amalgamations of a number of smaller unions a weekly subscription of 1s required ASE offered pensions, a range of benefits for sickness and death 1 of 2 Co-operative societies self-help movement managed by working people for themselves 1844 - Rochdale society rented a shop in Toad Lane with the money from 28 weavers who payed a weekly subscirption of £1 bought in, and then sold on, good-quality goods to working-class families co-operatives were owned by their members, who were paid a dividend on every purchase they made foodstuffs they bought were not adulterated dividends used by wokring families to pay their rent co-operative shops would not give credit, everything had to be paid for, in cash, at the time of purchase in times of sickness and tempoary distress, co-operative societies did give limited credit to their members 2 of 2
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