Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #labourhistory, aggregated by home.social.
Today's post is about how brickmakers #unionising, maidservants bringing recipes to Vienna, and both of them #voting makes the city much better. Also, Powidlkolatschen.
https://www.culina-vetus.de/2026/08/26/bakers-and-brickmakers-feeding-the-revolution-xxxvi/
Chan e iadsan a bhàsaich
an àrdan Inbhir-chéitean
dhaindeoin gaisge is uabhair
ceann uachdrach ar sgeula;
ach esan bha ’n Glaschu,
ursann-chatha nam feumach,
Iain mór MacGill-Eain,
ceann is fèitheam ar sgeula.
—Somhairle MacGill-Eain, “Clann Ghill-Eain”
#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poem #poetry #socialism #Scotland #history #labourhistory #socialisthistory #RedClydeside #SorleyMacLean #JohnMaclean
Listen to Hamish Henderson’s “The John Maclean March”, sung by Dick Gaughan (1972)
✊
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uAs5cyy5EM
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #song #socialism #Scotland #history #labourhistory #socialisthistory #RedClydeside #HamishHenderson #JohnMaclean
Hey Mac did ye see him as he cam in by Gorgie,
Awa ower the Lammerlaw and north o’ the Tay?
Yon man is comin’ and the hale toon is turnin’ oot,
We’re aa’ sair he’ll win back tae Glasga the day…
—Hamish Henderson, “The John Maclean March”
John Maclean (1879–1923), socialist & Red Clydesider, was born #OTD, 24 August
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #socialism #Scotland #history #labourhistory #socialisthistory #RedClydeside #HamishHenderson #JohnMaclean
Contested Countrysides: Conflicts, Claims and the Making of the Modern World.
CfP für eine Konferenz am AMSAB in Ghent/Belgien nächstes Jahr. #LabourHistory
socialhistoryportal.org/news/article....
this rules.
(This and the last two are from YIVO's United Hebrew Trades materials, specifically this stuff about the Seltzer Workers local.) https://archives.cjh.org/repositories/7/archival_objects/1437803
another good one from the golden age of organized labour
was poking around YIVO's United Hebrew Trades collection and found this great stamp from the UHT Chorister's union from 1911.
Fans of @workingclasshistory may want to check out this morning’s Thinking Allowed, talking about the Grunswick strike and South Asian labour organising
The 1791 Gesellenstreik gets called Germany's first #generalstrike, but it was more messy than that. From party atmosphere to blood in the streets in one day.
https://www.culina-vetus.de/2026/04/15/journeymens-strike-feeding-the-revolution-xviii/
#earlymodern #culinaryhistory #foodhistory #labourhistory #eattherich
The Winnipeg General Strike: A Landmark Labour Conflict 🇨🇦
In May 1919, over 30,000 Winnipeg workers launched a general strike, paralyzing the city. Fueled by demands for fair wages, better conditions & collective bargaining, they faced fierce opposition. Though met with violence & arrests, this pivotal moment paved the way for significant labor reforms across Canada. ✊ 🇨🇦 #Canada #WinnipegStrike #LabourHistory
The Winnipeg General Strike: A Landmark Labour Conflict 🇨🇦
In May 1919, over 30,000 Winnipeg workers launched a general strike, paralyzing the city. Fueled by demands for fair wages, better conditions & collective bargaining, they faced fierce opposition. Though met with violence & arrests, this pivotal moment paved the way for significant labor reforms across Canada. ✊ 🇨🇦 #Canada #WinnipegStrike #LabourHistory
O programa do encontro "Nós Estamos Contigo na Casa: Trabalho doméstico e acção coletiva — Arquivos, memórias, testemunhos" já se encontra disponível no nosso site.
Vai decorrer na FCSH e no Centro Cultural Cabo Verde.
As inscrições estão abertas e são gratuitas!
ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/estamos-contigo-casa/
#Histodons #History #Sociology #DomesticLabour #LabourHistory #Archives #TrabalhoDoméstico #HistóriaDoTrabalho #Arquivos
News
- MUA Carnival Cruise ships exploitation
- HWU Strike Action
- PSA NSW David Dungay Jr. Plaque
Excerpt from Nick Everett address about the #firstNations #Pilbara Strike - May 1946 - at Perth Trades Hall held by the Perth Branch of the Australasian Society for the Study of #LabourHistory.
https://www.3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episode/red-earth
#3CR #CommunityRadio #labourMovement #solidarity #strikes #unions
Check out the programme for our Joint International Workshop with the University of Bologna: this year, the subject is "Infrastructures of Rent Extraction".
It will take place in Bologna on 27 November.
ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/global-infrastructures-2025/
#Histodons #Capitalism #TechnoCapitalism #Technology #GlobalInfraestructures #Infraestructures #Extractivism #GlobalEconomy #TransnationalCorporations #BigTech #LabourHistory #RentierCapitalism #TechnoFeudalism #RentExtraction #Bologna
General Strike 100
Just saw this through the People's History Museum:
'National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
This map brings together stories, exhibitions, and events to remember the strike and its impact on working people, as well as to highlight how these struggles connect to the present.'
#GeneralStrike100 #WorkingClassHistory #LabourHistory #LaborHistory
‘I am not prepared to let Moscow dictate to Glasgow.’
Failures may be interesting, but it is the firmness
of what he wanted and did not want
that raises eyebrows: when does the quixotic
begin to gel, begin to impress, at what point
of naked surprise?
—Edwin Morgan, “On John Maclean”
from COLLECTED POEMS (Carcanet, 1997)
https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781847779656/collected-poems/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Labourhistory #socialism #RedClydeside #JohnMaclean
John Maclean: All that life can give us
19 Nov, University of Stirling – free
Author & poet Henry Bell will discuss his creative & historical work around Scottish socialist John Maclean, followed by an open archive and poetry reading
#Scottish #literature #poetry #history #Labourhistory #socialism #RedClydeside #JohnMaclean
📰 Tijl Vanneste was interviewed by The Times of India about his research into diamond mining, processing and trade. Among other things, the IHC historian highlighted the harsh working conditions that existed and still exist in this sector.
#Histodons #ModernHistory #Diamonds #DiamondMining #DiamondTrading #LabourHistory #LaborHistory #SocialHistory #HistoryOnTheMedia #HistoryInThePublicSphere #HistóriaNaEsferaPública #Diamantes #HistóriaDoTrabalho #Mineração
'We are with you at home'
This meeting seeks to encourage the participation and sharing of ideas among activists, artists, researchers, workers and trade unions — calling on the voice of workers and the power of archives as a living tool for knowledge, learning and transformation.
Send your proposal by 10 November.
https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/with-you-at-home/
#Histodons #DomesticLabour #LabourHistory #DomesticWork #LaborHistory #CFP
🗣 Está aberta a chamada para trabalhos do encontro "Nós Estamos Contigo na Casa. Trabalho doméstico e acção coletiva — Arquivos, memórias, testemunhos", que procura estimular a partilha, convocando a voz das trabalhadoras e a força do arquivo como uma ferramenta viva de conhecimento, aprendizagem e transformação.
A organização é do IHC e do CICS.NOVA e terá lugar em Lisboa a 6 e 7 de Fevereiro de 2026.
ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/estamos-contigo-casa/
#Histodons #History #Sociology #DomesticLabour #LabourHistory
📖 Do colóquio "Sindicalismo, Trabalho e Cidadania: 90 anos depois do 18 de Janeiro de 1934" resultou um livro que inclui um capítulo de Fátima Mariano, João Freire e Cristina Rodrigues sobre os "contextos envolventes do poder político-militar da #Ditadura, a situação do emprego e dos #sindicatos livres, e o processo de institucionalização dos Sindicatos Nacionais."
🔓 Disponível em #AcessoAberto: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/34129
#Histodons #Unionism #Unions #LabourHistory #Sindicalismo #Trabalho
In den #USA & #Kanada wird heute der #LaborDay begangen, der #Gedenktag der #Arbeiterbewegung. Wir verlosen aus diesem Anlass unter allen, die diesen Post heute boosten, 1 Exemplar von #WerkstattGeschichte 79/2019 »arbeit/freizeit« mit Beiträgen zum Verhältnis von #Arbeit & #Freizeit im 19./20. Jh. im Thementeil, hg. v. Reinhild Kreis & Josef Ehmer:
▶ https://werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_ausgaben/arbeit-freizeit
#LaborHistory #LabourHistory #Work #Leisur #ArbeiterGeschichte #histodons #Sozialgeschichte
Clann Ghill-Eain
Somhairle MacGill-Eain
Chan e iadsan a bhàsaich
an àrdan Inbhir-chéitean
dhaindeoin gaisge is uabhair
ceann uachdrach ar sgeula;
ach esan bha ’n Glaschu,
ursann-chatha nam feumach,
Iain mór MacGill-Eain,
ceann is fèitheam ar sgeula.
3/3
#Scottish #literature #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poem #poetry #socialism #Scotland #workingclass #history #labourhistory #RedClydeside #JohnMaclean
Hey Mac did ye see him as he cam in by Gorgie,
Awa ower the Lammerlaw and north o’ the Tay?
Yon man is comin’ and the hale toon is turnin’ oot,
We’re aa’ sair he’ll win back tae Glasga the day…
—Hamish Henderson, “The John Maclean March”
2/3
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #socialism #Scotland #history #labourhistory #RedClydeside #HamishHenderson #JohnMaclean
John Maclean (1879–1923), socialist & Red Clydesider, was born #OTD, 24 August
Listen to Hamish Henderson’s “The John Maclean March”, sung by Dick Gaughan (1972)
✊
1/3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uAs5cyy5EM
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #song #folksong #socialism #Scotland #workingclass #history #labourhistory #RedClydeside #HamishHenderson #JohnMaclean
🗣 We've opened the call for papers for this year's edition of our Joint International Workshop with the University of Bologna, under the subject "Infrastructures of Rent Extraction".
ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/global-infrastructures-2025/
#Histodons #Capitalism #TechnoCapitalism #Technology #GlobalInfraestructures #Infraestructures #Extractivism #GlobalEconomy #TransnationalCorporations #BigTech #LabourHistory #RentierCapitalism #TechnoFeudalism #RentExtraction
The Winnipeg General Strike: A Landmark Labour Conflict 🇨🇦
In May 1919, over 30,000 Winnipeg workers launched a general strike, paralyzing the city. Fueled by demands for fair wages, better conditions & collective bargaining, they faced fierce opposition. Though met with violence & arrests, this pivotal moment paved the way for significant labor reforms across Canada. ✊ 🇨🇦 #Canada #WinnipegStrike #LabourHistory
The Winnipeg General Strike: A Landmark Labour Conflict 🇨🇦
In May 1919, over 30,000 Winnipeg workers launched a general strike, paralyzing the city. Fueled by demands for fair wages, better conditions & collective bargaining, they faced fierce opposition. Though met with violence & arrests, this pivotal moment paved the way for significant labor reforms across Canada. ✊ 🇨🇦 #Canada #WinnipegStrike #LabourHistory
Anybody wanna know about a 1960s adventure play-park in the Gorbals, run by Glaswegian folk singer Matt McGinn, which the council tried to shut down but failed cause like all the kids in the Gorbals marched on City Chambers?
Aye aye. 🧵 1/5
#Glasgow #Scotland #FolkCulture #FolkMusic #Protest #WorkingClassHistory #LabourHistory