Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.122
Object Name
Leaflet
Title
'London Trades Council. Right to Work Demonstration.'
Place
London
People
London Trades Council
Description
Leaflet âLondon Trades Council. Right To Work Demonstration.â It reads:
âThe State places heavy responsibilities upon its Citizens which can only be met by the Fruits of Labour, and punishes them by loss of citizenship or imprisonment when they are UNABLE to meet these responsibilities. As the Workers we must work in order TO LIVE, all workers have a RIGHT TO DEMAND WORK. CRIMINIAL and LUNATICS ARE CARED for, FED, HOUSED, CLOTHED and GIVEN EMPLOYMENT but the State â for the STRUGGLING WORKLESS Workmen and Workwomen ALONE NOTHING practical is done.'
This demonstration in 1906 was demanding that all workers have the right to demand work and assistance by the state if they were unemployed.
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