All Our Own Work The Pioneers of Hebden Bridge and Their Co-Operative Mill
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The co-operators of Hebden Bridge were to producer co-operation what the Rochdale Pioneers were to consumer co-operation - pioneers. Driven by a desire to create their own employment under their own control, weavers, cutters and machinists at the Nutclough fustian mill developed a successful business in a small Pennine town. At its peak it employed over 300 women and men. It ran for almost fifty years, each year profitable. Hebden Bridge's co-operative contributed leaders to the national co-op movement and to the emerging movement for workers' education. Its central figure Joseph Greenwood was involved in the creation of the International Co-operative Alliance. Women associated with the co-operative set up in Hebden Bridge the first branch of the Women's Co-operative Guild in the country. This richly researched and engrossing account of a worker-run business is the first significant study of early producer co-operatives in Britain for over a century.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780850367102 |
Publisher: | Merlin Press |
Imprint: | Merlin Press |
Pub date: | 08 Jun 2015 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 256 |
Weight: | 414g |
Height: | 159mm |
Width: | 234mm |
Spine width: | 23mm |