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A Champion of dignity at work: the TUC in the Citrine era

Event type:
Lecture
Speakers:
Mary Bousted : Joint General Secretary National Education Union and TUC General Council member
Sir Brendan Barber : former General Secretary TUC
Jim Moher : Author-Walter Citrine, Forgotten Statesman of the Trades Union Congress
Event dates:
13 Sep 2021 – 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
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The History & Policy Trade Union & Employment Forum invite you attend a panel session on instances of TUC and union promotion of dignity at work seen through the lens of Walter Citrine’s career as General Secretary and President of the International Federation of Trade Unions from the 1920s to the 1950s.   

You can watch the launch event event of Dr Jim Moher’s book- Walter Citrine: Forgotten Statesman of the Trades Union Congress. Jim is a former national trade union official and now historian.

The panel session will be followed by a Q&A.



All welcome

This event is free to attend, but booking is required. It will be held online with details about how to join the virtual event being circulated via email to registered attendees 24 hours in advance.

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