A History of Wolverhampton, Bilston & District Trades Union Council 1865-1990

Published by the Wolverhampton, Bilston & District TUC in 1994, 94 pages. Paperback (S7279)

This book provides a detailed history of the Trade Union movement in the Wolverhampton and Bilston area's of the West Midlands, and examines the emergence, organisation and actions of the Labour movement through the local Trades Union Council. Chapters include:

• Origins of the Trades Council 1865-1869
• Trades Council grows 1870-1914
• The First World War 1914-1918
• No Land Fit for Heroes 1919-1926
• The General Strike 1926
• The years of retreat 1927-1935
• Trade Union Advance and the fight to prevent war 1939-1951
• The Second World War and the Labour Government 1939-1951
• Return of the Tories and the Cold War 1952-1963
• the Wilson era 1964-1979
• The Thatcher decade 1980-1990

Condition of the book is generally good. The cover has one or two minor scuffs and blemishes, and some light nibbling and yellowing along the edges, but the spine is intact, and all pages are clean, intact, unblemished and tightly bound.