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Material from the National Minority Movement, 1924-1932

Material from the National Minority Movement, 1924-1932

Collection: Radical Trade Unionism in Britain, 1921-1991    Volumes    Material from the National Minority Movement, 1924-1932

This volume contains a vast selection of material relating to the National Minority Movement and their subgroups in trade. The National Minority Movement was a communist group organised in British trade unions aiming to harness the existing energy of the trade unions but expand a revolutionary presence at the cost of the dominant reformist trend. The volume contains agendas, resolutions, correspondences, and pamphlets broadly relating to industrial organisation and action. Of these trades include builders, metalworkers, miners, textile workers, and transport workers.

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Published materials from the Transport Worker’s Minority Movement, 1922-1932

This document includes various pamphlets and leaflets relating to issues concerning the transport industry. One of the pamphlets outlines the docker’s strike of 1922 which concerned calls for increased wages,...

Date:1922-1932
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-11-08

Pamphlets from the Textile Workers’ Minority Movement, 1929-1931

This document includes various pamphlets relating to the struggle for workers in the textile trade. Of the pamphlets include ‘The Struggle of the Lancashire Textile Workers’; ‘Fight the Eight Looms’;...

Date:1929-1931
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-11-07

Material from the Miner’s Minority Movement, 1924-1931

This document includes various pamphlets relating to the Miner’s Minority Movement of the 1920s. The documents detail the struggle for proper working conditions and wages in the miner’s trade. The...

Date:1924-1931
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-11-06

Material from the Metalworker’s Minority Movement, 1924-1931

This document contains various pamphlets from the Metalworkers Minority Movement regarding wages, working conditions, and pay cuts. The document also includes various leaflets and circulars relating to economic and social...

Date:1924-1931
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-11-05

Material from the Building Workers Minority Movement, 1924-1932

This document contains a pamphlet by the Building Worker’s Minority Movement which includes their constitution and policies regarding improvements to trade unionism. The document also contains various circulars from the...

Date:1924-1932
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-11-04

National Minority Movement pamphlets (ii), 1925-1932

This extensive document contains a variety of miscellaneous pamphlets from the National Minority Movement, including the Militant Trades Council’s constitution from 1926. The pamphlets range from topics concerning the policies...

Date:1925-1932
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-11-03

National Minority Movement’s pamphlets (i), 1930-1931

This document contains several worker’s pamphlets produced by the NMM, including ‘The Workers' Charter’ by Harry Pollitt, ‘The Real Scandal of the Dole’ by Brennan Ward, ‘For the Seven-Hour Day’...

Date:1930-1931
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-11-02

National Minority Movement conference material, 1924-1932

This document contains a variety of materials relating to the agendas, resolutions, chairman’s addresses, and reports of the National Minority Movement conferences. The document also includes various leaflets and circulars...

Date:1924-1932
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-11-01
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