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National Hazards Conference – Keele University

Following on from the success of last year’s National Hazards Conference, the 37th annual conference will be another informative event that safety reps and activists should not miss. As in previous years it will educate, inform and connect safety reps from around the country along with empowering them to prevent risks to workers.

Burston Strike School Rally (1914)

On April 1st 1914 teachers Tom and Annie Higdon were dismissed from their posts in the rural village of Burston, Norfolk and with it began the ‘longest strike in history’. On that day the children marched around the village with cards hanging from their necks demanding that “We Want Our Teachers Back”. The banner at the head of the march […]