University of Illinois
History 301 (LIR, Sociology 301)
Prof. Diane P. Koenker
Spring 2000


The Labor Movement: Part I

Late 19th Century England and France

February 28, 2000


I. Labor Movement History or Working-Class History?

A. Institutions
B. Identities

II. Early Trade Unions

A. English craft societies
B. French craft societies and compagnonnage
C. Resistance and strikes

III. English Labor Movement after 1850

A. Trades Union Congress 1868
B. General and New Unions
C. Taff-Vale (1901) and the Labour Party

IV. French Labor Movement after 1850

A. Socialist Party (Jules Guesde)
B. Trade Union Movement

1. Bourse de Travail (Pelloutier)
2. Confederations Generales de Travail (CGT)
3. revolutionary syndicalism




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