NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 11 May 1924

11 MAY 1924

It was announced at the National Union of Textile Workers’ by Ben Turner  that a new Factory Bill was to be brought by the Home Secretary to the House of Commons.

Three million workers involved in industrial disputes, and around one million more workers whose livelihood was threatened by the proposed abolition of the McKenna Duties, were involved in proposed trade union negotiations.