Flax Dressers' Trade Union
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Flax Dressers' Trade Union
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The Flax Dressers' Trade Union was a trade union representing better paid linen workers in the north of Ireland. The union was founded in 1872 as the Flax Dressers' Trade and Benevolent Trade Union, although it saw itself as a continuation of earlier unions which had existed since 1857. Initially, it focused on paying welfare benefits to members who were unemployed, ill or who died. It also paid £5 10s to any member who wished to emigrate in the hope of reducing competition for work. The union w
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Trade union representing better paid linen workers in Ireland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flax_Dressers%27_Trade_Union
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2023-08-15T05:30:16Z
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