The Beginnings of the Jewish Trade Union Movement in England

The history of the London Jewish community during the last four decades of the nineteenth century occupies a prominent part in the growth of the modern Jewish working class movement generally in the western world. London was the scene of the foundation of the first modern Jewish socialist society, the first modern Jewish trade union and the first Jewish workers’ club. Here also appeared some of the earliest of modern Jewish socialist pamphlet literature. Although, despite such pioneering efforts, the first chapter of the London Jewish working class movement left few if any lasting traces, it is nevertheless proper to record the chronology of those early eventful days, to enquire into the circumstances which made London so pre-eminent and to examine the reasons for their transitory nature. These subjects have a very wide range and I can deal only with the very first stages, hoping that another opportunity will later

Written by

Peter Elman

Published in

Volume 17

1951

Other articles within the volume

• The Mediaeval Christian Hebraists of England: HERBERT OF BOSHAM AND EARLIER SCHOLARS
• Some New Facts About the Portsmouth Jewish Community
• The Anglo-Jewish Contribution to the Education Movement for Women in the Nineteenth Century
• Baron Paul Julius de Reuter
• Isidor Gerstenberg (1821-1876): Founder of the Council of Foreign Bondholders
• Were There Jews in Roman Britain?
• A Survey of Anglo-Jewry in 1851
• Judah Benjamin
• Anglo-Jewish Notaries and Scriveners
• Solomon Bennett, 1761-1838 Artist, Hebraist and Controversialist
• Samson Gideon: Eighteenth Century Jewish Financier
• The References to England in the Responsa of Rabbi Meir Ben Baruch of Rothenburg, 1215-1293
• The Beginnings of the Jewish Trade Union Movement in England
• A Survey of the Jewish Institutional History of Liverpool and District
• The History of the Jewish Community in Gentile Society
• The Jews of Falmouth—1740-1860
• The Jewish Contribution to the British Textile Industry “BUILDERS OF BRADFORD”
• Leone da Modena and his English Correspondents
• An Anglo-Jewish Family
• Preface