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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Inscribed Trade Union badge with small lapel banner attached
Trade unionism came to Wales in 1830 when Flintshire miners joined the Friendly Associated Coalminers' Union; Merthyr follows in 1831.Over the following 50 years, unionism had a chequered history.
