1889 AD
London dock strike and New Unionism
Trabajo y organización laboral · Trabajadores portuarios · Nuevo sindicalismo · Trabajo eventual
London dockworkers struck in August 1889 for a minimum rate and shifts of at least four hours. After five weeks, those demands were accepted and tens of thousands joined the dockers’ union. The entry focuses on the capacity to organise casual, low-paid workers, not on treating the port as mere trade infrastructure. The victory mattered, but did not eliminate labour precarity or represent every port occupation equally.
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