World Labor Unity/Chapter 10

by Scott Nearing

X. The Unity Conference in London, April, 1925

The Anglo-Russian Trade Union Unity Conference held in London in April, 1925, was dominated by the atmosphere of the British Trade Union Report on conditions in Russia. Both the Soviet and the British delegations included some of the most prominent figures in the trade union movement in their respective countries. A, B, Swales presided at the Conference sessions. The Soviet Delegation first stated its case. The British Delegation replied with a statement of its position. A joint committee appointed for the purpose drew up the text of an agreement and declaration of principles which constitutes one of the most important documents of modern Trade Union history.