"banner, The Workers Union, Witney Branch" [NBS I/D 426]

Catalogue Number
NBS I/D 426

Object Name
banner

Title
THE WORKERS UNION - WITNEY BRANCH - Unity Is Strength - United to Obtain the Just Reward of Our Labour.

Place
Witney & Oxfordshire & England & UK

People
David and Goliath; women

Date
c.1920

Creator(s)
NBS National Museum of Labour HistoryNBS National Museum of Labour HistoryGeorge Tutill & Co. (Manufacturer)

Description
Images on Front
Yes


Images on Back
Yes


Notes
Image on front: male and femake workers shaking hands in front of an angel holding slogan scroll. Image on back: David standing over the fallen Goliath. See Banner Bright page 51. Image: Copyright & courtesy of National Museum of Labour History. Copying of images is strictly prohibited.

The WU branch in Whitney staged a famous strike in 1913 amongst blanket making workers

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