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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 7h

‘Freedom and Whatever that Means: a roundtable discussion on the politics of overseas labour migrations from India c1833 to 1967’ takes place on 23 October 2025 at the LSE. The event is supported by a grant from the Society for the Study of Labour History. Register…
sslh.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...

Roundtable: the politics of overseas labour migrations from India c1833 to 1967

‘Freedom and Whatever that Means: a roundtable discussion on the politics of overseas labour migrations from India between c1833 and 1967’ takes place on 23 October 2025 from 3pm to 6pm…

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 17d

If labour history matters to you, join us. Annual membership costs £37 (£21 for students) and includes a subscription to Labour History Review
sslh.org.uk/join/

Image of historian E.P.Thompson, founder member of the Society for the Study of Labour History.

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 1d

Book now for a special day conference @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday 30 October organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it below: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Industrial/Employment Tribunals - 60 years on

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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 2d

Just arrived for the @sslh.bsky.social Archives and Resources Committee meeting. Nice to be back in Manchester.

Banner outside the People's History Museum, Manchester.

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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 2d

A few of you have followed me off the back of @sslh.bsky.social 's great Labour History starter pack. If you'd like to be added to my small but growing pack of writers & academics writing/researching class or related topics then please just let me know and I'll add you.

bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 3d

We offer #bursaries up to £900 for PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research in the field of labour history to fund essential archive or library research. Find out more sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...

Bursaries

The Society for the Study of Labour History offers financial support to PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research, as well as to BA and…

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 3d

We offer #bursaries up to £500 for final-year undergraduates or taught Masters students to support archival and library research that will contribute to a dissertation on a labour history. Find out more sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...

Bursaries

The Society for the Study of Labour History offers financial support to PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research, as well as to BA and…

sslh.org.uk

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 3d

We offer #bursaries up to £500 for final-year undergraduates or taught Masters students to support archival and library research that will contribute to a dissertation on a labour history. Find out more sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...

Bursaries

The Society for the Study of Labour History offers financial support to PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research, as well as to BA and…

sslh.org.uk

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 3d

We offer #bursaries up to £900 for PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research in the field of labour history to fund essential archive or library research. Find out more sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...

Bursaries

The Society for the Study of Labour History offers financial support to PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research, as well as to BA and…

sslh.org.uk

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 4d

New on the website
Remembering to Help, Helping to Remember, an exhibition funded by an SSLH grant, has opened at the Heugh Battery Museum in Hartlepool
sslh.org.uk/2025/10/04/e...

Exhibition: working-class community and mutual aid during the First World War

Remembering to Help, Helping to Remember, an exhibition funded by an SSLH grant, has opened at the Heugh Battery Museum in Hartlepool. Michael Reeve reports. Stories of the struggles, heroism and s…

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Llafur: The Welsh People’s History Society @llafur.bsky.social · 6d

Join Llafur and our guest speakers to explore the 1925 anthracite strike and its legacy a hundred years on!

📆 25/10/2025
⏱️10:30-16:00
📍Ammanford Welfare Hall

🎟️Free tickets: tinyurl.com/anthracitest...

The Anthracite Strike of 1925
Event Location:
Ammanford Welfare Hall, 11 Wind St, Ammanford SA18 3DN

Event Date: 25/10/2025
Event Starts: 25/10/25 10:30 am
Event Ends: 25/10/25 04:00 pm

Join Llafur and our guest speakers to explore the 1925 anthracite strike and its legacy a hundred years on.

Speakers – Aled Eirug, Robert Smith, Ioan Matthews, Bill Jones and Sian Williams.

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Angry John of Bradford @bd-angry.bsky.social · 6d

@sslh.bsky.social I hope you & hundreds more will be at
✊STRIKE!
this weekend in #Bradford to see how our modern workers’ rights were born in #Bradford by #workingclass women.
Please share in solidarity!
bradford2025.co.uk/event/strike/

STRIKE | Bradford 2025

A spectacular light and sound show celebrating the women who made modern Bradford.

bradford2025.co.uk

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The People's Papers @peoplespapers.bsky.social · 8d

We're live! Join us on Zoom: zoom.us/j/97471042089

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 8d

Hi Charmaine. Added you to the pack.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 9d

Pretty sure it does. I’ve added you.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks, Will. I’ve added you to the list.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 9d

Historians, archivists, librarians and historians working in the field of labour history. A starter pack to get you going…
go.bsky.app/CUqdx9a

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 15d

Nice surprise to see my article on Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp is out today - have a read if interested in space, the weirdness of the Wirral, local feminisms and anti-nuclear activism in Merseyside, and global solidarity movements in the 1980s academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...

Validate User

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 14d

Really interesting exhibition. We were proud to support this. Go and see it if you can.

Michael Reeve @drmichaelreeve.bsky.social · 14d

Finally launched 'Remembering to Help, Helping to Remember' at the weekend - a new exhibition about #FWW civilian experience in Hartlepool following the Dec 1914 naval bombardment of the town (with a generous grant from @sslh.bsky.social). It covers the emergency response to the attack, including...

A view of the gallery space at the Heugh Battery Museum

Historian Michael Reeve stood in the gallery space at the Heugh Battery Museum

The tie-in booklet that accompanies the exhibition

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Feminist City @feministcity.bsky.social · 16d

With @wcmlibrary.bsky.social @rememberlop.bsky.social and many others!

Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 16d

This looks like a great online event if you have an interest in 1970s alternative and community newspapers…
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...

Archiving the People's Papers: Learning from Leeds, Liverpool & Birmingham

Join us online to learn about the history of 1970s alternative newspapers, their archival preservation & their continued relevance for today

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 16d

This looks like a great online event if you have an interest in 1970s alternative and community newspapers…
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...

Archiving the People's Papers: Learning from Leeds, Liverpool & Birmingham

Join us online to learn about the history of 1970s alternative newspapers, their archival preservation & their continued relevance for today

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 17d

If labour history matters to you, join us. Annual membership costs £37 (£21 for students) and includes a subscription to Labour History Review
sslh.org.uk/join/

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 19d

Facebook reminds me that 2 years ago, I wrote this piece for @sslh.bsky.social on building my list of radical online collections.

sslh.org.uk/2023/09/19/d...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 21d

A new exhibition at @lselibrary.bsky.social looks at 200 years of trade union history. Some great stuff on display.
sslh.org.uk/2025/09/17/e...

Exhibition marks 200 years of trade union history

Two hundred years of trade union history is celebrated and commemorated in an exhibition now running at the LSE Library. LSE Library Exhibition Gallery. Organised jointly by the London School of Ec…

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 28d

Exhibition opening soon! Combining Efforts: 200 Years of Trade Union History explores the development of trade unions since the 1825 Combination Act, through years of struggle, triumph, defeat, and resilience. With TUC Library @londonmetuni.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk
www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

Current exhibition | LSE Library

Find out about our current exhibition drawing on themes within our collections.

www.lse.ac.uk

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