Central Labour College
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The Central Labour College, also known as The Labour College, was a British higher education institution that provided independent working class education from 1909 to 1929. The college was founded by
Ruskin College, Oxford, where the 1909 student strike led to the establishment of the Central Labour College
Easy Outline of Economics (1919) by Noah Ablett, one of the college's influential publications
National Union of Railwaymen branch plaque, representing one of the college's key financial supporters
Aneurin Bevan in 1943, one of the college's most prominent alumni who became instrumental in establishing the National Health Service
A. J. Cook (trade unionist)
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Arthur James Cook was a British trade union leader who served as General Secretary of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain from 1924 until his death in 1931. He became one of the most prominent and
A.J. Cook in 1906
Political cartoon 'Dropping the Parrot' by Bernard Partridge. A parrot in a pilot's uniform is observed by A.J. Cook, whose slogan "Not a penny off the pay, not a minute on the day!" the parrot utters.
Communist demonstration with A.J. Cook being the farthest right
Gelli lodge banner of A.J. Cook held at the Rhondda Heritage Park