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A photograph from the exhibition, 'Granton, Now & Then' Leith Great Dock Strike - 1889 |
Great Dock Strike - Protest on the streets of Leith - 1889
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Pilton Elderly Project group that who compiled an exhibition of old photos of Granton.
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Leith Great Dock Strike - 1889 |
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The caption for this photograph in the 'Granton, Now & Then' exhibition read: "A march during the Great Dock Strike of 1889 which drew attention to their two main claims: - the abolition of contract work, a chief cause of sweated labour, and - the claim for a minimum wage of sixpence an hour, the dockers' 'tanner'. Ironically, the Dock Labour Board was abolished one hundred years later in 1989." |