The 'Ayes' have it: The National Union of Agricultural Workers conference

P FS PH2/H35/1

1950 [date taken]

Sport and General Press Agency Ltd, Farmer and Stockbreeder, National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers

The National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers was founded in 1906 as the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labourers and Smallholders Union. It changed its name first to the National Agricultural Labourers' and Rural Workers' Union, then to the National Union of Agricultural Workers and then the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers. In 1981 it amalgamated with the Transport and General Workers Union

Margate

1 photographic print; b&w

type: PRINT, dimensions: 20.7 x 15.2 cm

English

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society, unions & friendly societies, Labour unions- Agricultural labourers- Great Britain, Kent, Graphic Materials

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>2.&lt;B&gt;'The "Ayes" have it'- c.1950&lt;/B&gt;&lt;P&gt;This photo shows democratic voting in one meeting of the National Union of Agricultural Workers to vote in favour of Paragraph 42 which abolished the hated Tithe or 'tied cottage' The tithe provided a home for the man in work but could have been taken away during strikes and on loss of employment, leaving the family homeless.&lt;P&gt;The NUAW was set up in Norfolk by George Edwards in 1906. It took over the work of the dissolved NALU and campaigned for higher wages, better living conditions and rights for workers.&lt;P&gt;P FS PH2/H35/1</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV><DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>2.&lt;B&gt;'The "Ayes" have it'- c.1950&lt;/B&gt;&lt;P&gt;This photo shows democratic voting in one meeting of the National Union of Agricultural Workers to vote in favour of Paragraph 42 which abolished the hated Tithe or 'tied cottage' The Tithe provided a home for the man in work but could have been taken away during strikes and on loss of employment, leaving the family homeless.&lt;P&gt;The NUAW was set up in Norfolk by George Edwards, a farm labourer and Primitive Methodist Preacher, in 1906. Edwards also became an MP in 1920. The NUAW took over the work of the dissolved NALU and campaigned for higher wages, better living conditions and rights for workers.&lt;P&gt;P FS PH2/H35/1</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>

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