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The Central Labour College, also known as The Labour College, was a British higher education institution supported by trade unions. It functioned from 1909 to 1929. It was established on the basis of independent working class education. The college was formed as a result of the Ruskin College strike of 1909.
The organisation was founded at a convention held in the Clarion Club House, Yardley, Birmingham on 8/9 October 1921. [1] Its role was to act as a co-ordinating body for the movement of labour colleges, [2] including the Central Labour College .
Central Labour College, London. This page summarises records created by this Organisation. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including the covering dates...
The Central Labour College was founded in 1909 as a result of the Ruskin College strike. Its two principal trade union supporters were the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) and the South Wales Miners' Federation (SWMF). In 1911 it moved to London and acquired an extension in Kew in 1920.
The Central Labour College was established in 1909 following a strike at Ruskin College, Oxford. It was in opposition to Ruskin College and had the proclaimed aim of providing "an organisation for the training of workers for the organised labour movement controlled democratically by the representatives of organised workers".
The Central Labour College was founded in 1909 as a result of the Ruskin College strike. Its two principal trade union supporters were the National Union of Railwaymen and the South Wales Miners' Federation. In 1911 it moved to London and acquired an extension in Kew in 1920. The college closed in 1929.
The Central Labor Union of New York, Brooklyn, and New Jersey was an early trade union organization that later broke up into various locals, which are now AFL–CIO members. The establishment of the CLU predates the consolidation of New York City (1897) by nearly two decades and is best known as the organization that created the American Labor Day holiday.
