First National Convention of the Working Classes
GPTKB entity
Properties (42)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
event
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gptkbp:date |
1834
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gptkbp:discusses |
social justice
political reform economic rights |
gptkbp:followedBy |
subsequent conventions
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gptkbp:historicalContext |
Industrial Revolution
working class struggles rise of trade unions |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
First National Convention of the Working Classes
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gptkbp:impact |
influence on labor movements
influence on social policies influence on political reforms |
gptkbp:keyIssues |
food security
education reform health and safety regulations labor laws social welfare employment rights universal suffrage child labor laws housing conditions wages and working conditions |
gptkbp:legacy |
inspiration for future labor movements
catalyst for political activism foundation for labor rights advocacy |
gptkbp:location |
gptkb:London
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage |
pamphlets
newspapers broadsheets |
gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:Thomas_Attwood
gptkb:William_Lovett Feargus O'Connor |
gptkbp:organizes |
working class organizations
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gptkbp:outcome |
formation_of_the_National_Union_of_the_Working_Classes
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gptkbp:precededBy |
local working class meetings
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gptkbp:purpose |
advocate for workers' rights
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gptkbp:relatedEvent |
political rallies
workers' strikes subsequent labor conventions |
gptkbp:relatedTo |
Chartism
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gptkbp:significance |
first national gathering of workers in Britain
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