Events

Labour History for the Labour Movement - Why we must reclaim our past

Wednesday 31st March 2010
7:00pm to 9:00pm

The inaugural Charles Watkins Memorial Lecture, delivered by Professor Mary Davis biographer of Sylvia Pankhurst and author of ‘Comrade or Borther? The History of the British Labour Movement 1789-1951’

RMT has established an annual memorial lecture in recognition of the 1909 Ruskin College strike that led to the formation of the Plebs League. This lecture recognises and celebrates the struggles to establish independent working class education for trade unionists.

‘Pulling Together: A Popular History of RMT’ will also be formally launched at the event

At the Marx Memorial Library, 37a Clerkenwell Green, London, EC1R 0DU

The event is free and open to all trade unionists.