FEATURE Braunston


Rats, ropes and revolution


The 1923 Braunston


Canal workers’ strike is retold


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Despite a strong police presence and threats to sack them and evict them from the barges on which the lived, these workers stayed united. Not a barge moved for 14 weeks, when the dispute was settled by arbitration


Unite regional officer


” Sean Kettle 22 uniteLANDWORKER Winter 2023/24


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