Depth study 5 Trade Unions #1

1. The number of shillings an average unskilled worker received in Belfast (3)
4. A strike in 1889 that led to employers accepting all of the strikers' main demands; this symbolised the growth of 'New Unionism' (11, 6)
5. The idea that there should be no private property, wealth should be distributed equally and individuals should work for the community, not the self. (9)

1. A group of workers who join together to protect their rights and improve conditions or wages. By amalgamating their activism, they are more likely to be listened to. (5, 5)
3. The more radical, ambitious ideology within trade unionism; it was a movement for transferring the ownership and control of the means of production to workers' unions. More militant (11)
6. The strand of trade unionism that began to develop after various successful strikes in the late 1800s; made up of casual, unskilled and poorly paid workers (3, 8)
7. The number of hours that Dockers and Carters in Belfast worked a week, whilst earning barely enough to cover rent and food (7, 4)
8. Name of the period between 1910-14 where trade union membership and strike action dramatically accelerated (3, 5, 6)
9. The increase in number of trade union members between 1892-1899 (it was 2 million in 1899) (4, 7, 8)
10. The first example of union action in Britain. 6 agricultural labourers who created the secret union of the 'Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers'. Transported to Australia for this, 800,000 called for their release (9, 7)

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