Mark Curthoys's guest appearances

Mark Curthoys

History & Policy

Ben Taylor

Sarah Richardson

Tim Lewens

Richard Wilson

GEORGE MONBIOT

Robert Taylor

Dominic Grieve

Frank Trentmann

Arianne Chernock

Lois Lane

Dave Ward

Alastair Reid

Ian Lavery

Nick Jones

Vernon Bogdanor

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Mark Curthoys, research editor, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 6 October 2018 - 10:00 am - 17:00 pm Lecture Room 3, Bush House (North East Wing), King's College London, 30 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BG In 1868, while suffering under major legal restrictions, the British trade unions teamed up to found a central body to lobby for their wider social and industrial aims and rights. Today, when unions are again subject to severe legal disadvantage, it is timely to recall the first Trades Union Congress (TUC) and unions’ achievements, and to look forward on union prospects for the future. A History &amp; Policy Trade Union and Employment Forum conference, with speakers and chairs including: Sarah Veale, former Head of Equality and Employment Rights at the TUC Paul Nowak, TUC Deputy General Secretary Nick Jones, journalist and broadcaser, and former BBC industrial and senior political correspondent Lord John Monks, General Secretary of the TUC 1993-2003 Gail Cartmail, Assistant General Secretary, UNITE Laura Cohen, CEO, British Ceramic Confederation Mark Curthoys, research editor, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography John Edmonds, former General Council chair and GMB General Secretary Dr James Moher, a former union official and historian of the Labour movement Peter Ackers, Visiting Professor, Loughborough University Michael Gold, Professor of Comparative Employment Relations, Royal Holloway University of London

Mark Curthoys, research editor, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 6 October 2018 - 10:00 am - 17:00 pm Lecture Room 3, Bush House (North East Wing), King's College London, 30 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BG In 1868, while suffering under major legal restrictions, the British trade unions teamed up to found a central body to lobby for their wider social and industrial aims and rights. Today, when unions are again subject to severe legal disadvantage, it is timely to recall the first Trades Union Congress (TUC) and unions’ achievements, and to look forward on union prospects for the future. A History &amp; Policy Trade Union and Employment Forum conference, with speakers and chairs including: Sarah Veale, former Head of Equality and Employment Rights at the TUC Paul Nowak, TUC Deputy General Secretary Nick Jones, journalist and broadcaser, and former BBC industrial and senior political correspondent Lord John Monks, General Secretary of the TUC 1993-2003 Gail Cartmail, Assistant General Secretary, UNITE Laura Cohen, CEO, British Ceramic Confederation Mark Curthoys, research editor, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography John Edmonds, former General Council chair and GMB General Secretary Dr James Moher, a former union official and historian of the Labour movement Peter Ackers, Visiting Professor, Loughborough University Michael Gold, Professor of Comparative Employment Relations, Royal Holloway University of London

Mark Curthoys - Democracy at Work: 150 years of the TUC