Captain Swing was here!
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 19 2017 16:46
A short history of the 1830 Swing riots by Stuart Booth. Farm bosses would receive threatening letters from a fictional “Captain Swing”, and if they didn’t submit to the demands their premises would be attacked.
The Tolpuddle martyrs, 1834
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 19 2017 13:47
The history of the Tolpuddle martyrs: a group of six agricultural workers from Dorset, England who were sentenced to transportation to Australia for attempting to form a union.
The Bridport wildcat strike, 1912
Submitted by Working Class H... on Feb 15 2016 10:48
A very brief account of the wildcat strike of women workers in Bridport, Dorset.
Bus drivers strike in Dorset
Submitted by Ed on Jan 3 2008 19:13
Hundreds of bus drivers are staging their first in a series of strikes in a long-running row over working hours.
