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Bryn Roberts (7 April 1897 – 26 August 1964) was a Welsh trade union leader. Roberts grew up in Abertillery, leaving school at the age of thirteen to work at a colliery. He joined the South Wales Miners' Federation (SWMF), and won a union scholarship to attend the Central Labour College in 1919. Two years later, he returned to Wales and was ...
The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada (TLC) held a policy of non-partisan activity right up until the formation of the CLC. However, within the TLC, efforts were made by Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) labour activists to attain a policy of CCF support. A significant measure of this support was the 133–133 tie vote at the TLC's ...
City Technology Colleges logo. In England, a City Technology College ( CTC) is an urban all-ability specialist school [1] for students aged 11 to 18 specialising in science, technology and mathematics. [2] They charge no fees and are independent of local authority control, being overseen directly by the Department for Education.
John Lloyd Williams (1892 – 31 December 1982) [1] was a Labour Party politician in Scotland . Williams was educated in Machynlleth, and then at the Central Labour College in London. He worked as a journalist, and joined the Labour Party. From 1938 until 1945, he served on Glasgow Corporation.
Central College is a private college located in Pella, Iowa, and affiliated with the Reformed Church in America. The college was founded in 1853 and has been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission since 1942. [6] Central has a student body of approximately 1,100 undergraduates [7] and 73 academic programs.
Independent Working Class Education. Independent working class education is an approach to education, particularly adult education, developed by labour activists, whereby the education of working-class people is seen as a specifically political process linked to other aspects of class struggle. The term, abbreviated to (IWCE), is particularly ...
A succession of laws on child labour, the Factory Acts, were passed in the UK in the 19th century. Children younger than 9 were not allowed to work, those aged 9–16 could work 12 hours per day per the Cotton Mills Act. In 1856, the law permitted child labour past age 9, for 60 hours per week, night or day.
