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Trade Unions

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Subject Source: Ukat

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Chilembwe letters, c 1965 (copies of material dated 1900-1915)

 File — Box CLX-A-20: Series Coll-490/14; Series Coll-490/15
Identifier: Coll-490/14/4
Scope and Contents This file contains Chilembwe letters dating from 1900 to 1915 (copies). Letters in the Zomba Archives (9) (with covering letter, 17 March 1965). Writers: Chilembwe, Peters, Bismarck. Includes Minutes of the National Industrial Union Meetings, 15 June 1909 and 14 August 1909. Letters from British East Africa. Sent as 'News from the Field' to the National Baptist Foreign Mission Board of...
Dates: c 1965 (copies of material dated 1900-1915)

Clements Kadalie and the ICU (International and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa), 1927-1966

 File — Box CLX-A-24: Series Coll-490/22; Series Coll-490/23
Identifier: Coll-490/23/CK(A)
Scope and Contents Clements Kadalie and the ICU [Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa]. The Aims and Methods of the ICU, the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa. Notes refer to various accounts, copies of The Workers' Herald, and letters from correspondents. Typescript. "The Relation between White and Black Workers in South Africa". A brief account of the Labour Movement by...
Dates: 1927-1966

Correspondence and papers regarding the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs, 1976

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/H/1/H.3
Scope and Content

The material consists of correspondence with Martin River Pollock and papers regarding the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staff activities at the University of Edinburgh, 1976. Itrelates to industrial action taken by the ASTMS. Pollock did not support the strike and offered to resign from the union.

Dates: 1976

Gay Scotland, Issue 23, Sep 1985 - Oct 1985

 Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/25
Scope and Contents The front covers reads "Toronto Exclusive", and shows a large crowd with some holding banners. An article in this issue discusses the first International Gay Association (IGA) Conference held Toronto between 1 July 1985 and 7 July 1985. This issues discusses: funding for Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM); funding for the London Lesbian and Gay Centre; the suicide of a gay man who had been evicted from his lodgings and a report in the Scotsman relating to a speech given by Robin Cook...
Dates: Sep 1985 - Oct 1985

Gay Scotland, Issue 25, Jan 1986 - Feb 1986

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Identifier: GD61/10/2/27
Scope and Contents The front cover reads: “Porn[,] women and men share insights”, “Jarman’s Angels”, and “Poetry Works!”This issue discusses: the "AIDS and its Management" conference, organised by Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM); the Hall-Carpenter Archives; the 3rd National Bisexual conference; a new gay dating service named DATAGAY; a disco arranged by the Borders Gay Group; articles relating to politics and trade unions; ; international news relating to the LGBTQ+ community; a feature on...
Dates: Jan 1986 - Feb 1986

Gay Scotland, Issue 59, 1991

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Identifier: GD61/10/2/60
Scope and Contents

The cover reads: “The Bears are Coming!”, “Witch’s Guide to Halloween”, and “Prize Competition – See Inside”.

This issue includes: news of a fundraising event for the Glasgow Gay and Lesbian Centre; an update on the Gay Men’s Rural Project; a feature on gay societies in universities and colleges; NALGO and lesbian and gay rights; an article on visiting the city of Bath; articles and reviews of theatre and books; updates on Lesbian news and groups in Scotland; and personal ads.

Dates: 1991

Gay Scotland, Issue 60, 1991

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Identifier: GD61/10/2/61
Scope and Contents The cover reads: “Lord Advocate’s Review – Latest”, “Bumper Silver Jubilee Issue”, and “The Metropolitan Community Church”.This issue includes: an update on the Crown Office’s instructions not to initiate criminal proceedings in “gay sex cases involving males age between 16 and 21 where consent is present”; Mike Black, the first openly gay preside of NALGO, visits Glasgow; a feature on the Metropolitan Community Church in Glasgow, described as the second attempt to establish the...
Dates: 1991

Gay Times, Nov 2003

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Identifier: GD61/11/2/7/122
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: Nov 2003