THE BRITISH HOME FRONT 14 | Labour and the Trade Unions - Chris Wrigley

Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort. In this podcast, CHRIS WRIGLEY, Emeritus Professor of History, UNIVERSITY of NOTTINGHAM, talks about trade unions and the rise of the Labour party during the First World War. IMAGE | Poster : "Vote Labour. Peace Conference. No Admission Except on Coalition. You could not make War without us you cannot make Peace without us!" - By Will Dyson 1918 - Printed by David Allen and Sons Ltd, and published by the Labour Party - This is photograph Art IWM PST 12194 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. | Public Domain - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19342979 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series Editor - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.