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'The Land Worker', 1919-1950

The Eastern Counties Agricultural Labourers' and Smallholders' Union was formed in 1906. In 1912 it decided to expand its membership and renamed itself the National Agricultural Labourers' and Rural Workers' Union. This became the National Union of Agricultural Workers in 1920 and the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers in 1968 and amalgamated with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1982.

The NALRWU/NUAW monthly journal 'The Land Worker' was first published in 1919 and succeeded an earlier quarterly publication, 'The Labourer', which has also been digitised. It includes reports on the union at local and national level, poems, photographs, cartoons, correspondence, a children's column, and articles on a range of subjects including women workers, emigration, housing, wages and cost of living, health and welfare, politics, child labour, the Burston School Strike, and conditions abroad.

The following editions of 'The Land Worker' are available through the Modern Records Centre's catalogue (free). We also hold later undigitised volumes up to 1981.

Vol.1/2, May 1919-Dec 1920Link opens in a new window

Vol.2, Jan-Dec 1921Link opens in a new window

Vol.3, Jan-Dec 1922Link opens in a new window

Vol.4, Jan-Dec 1923Link opens in a new window

Vol.5, Jan-Dec 1924Link opens in a new window

Vol.6, Jan-Dec 1925Link opens in a new window

Vol.7, Jan-Dec 1926Link opens in a new window

Vol.8, Jan-Dec 1927Link opens in a new window

Vol.9, Jan-Dec 1928Link opens in a new window

Vol.10, Jan-Dec 1929Link opens in a new window

Vol.11, Jan-Dec 1930Link opens in a new window

Vol.12, Jan-Dec 1931Link opens in a new window

Vol.13, Jan-Dec 1932Link opens in a new window

Vol.14, Jan-Dec 1933Link opens in a new window

Vol.15, Jan-Dec 1934Link opens in a new window

Vol.16, Jan-Dec 1935Link opens in a new window

Vol.17, Jan-Dec 1936Link opens in a new window

Vol.18, Jan-Dec 1937Link opens in a new window

Vol.19, Jan-Dec 1938Link opens in a new window

Vol.20, Jan-Dec 1939Link opens in a new window

Vol.21, Jan-Dec 1940Link opens in a new window

Vol.22, Jan-Dec 1941Link opens in a new window

Vol.23, Jan-Dec 1942Link opens in a new window

Vol.24, Jan-Dec 1943Link opens in a new window

Vol.25, Jan-Dec 1944Link opens in a new window

Vol.26, Jan-Dec 1945Link opens in a new window

Vol.27, Jan-Dec 1946Link opens in a new window

Vol.28, Jan-Dec 1947Link opens in a new window

Vol.29, Jan-Dec 1948Link opens in a new window

Vol.30, Jan-Dec 1949Link opens in a new window

Vol.31, Jan-Dec 1950Link opens in a new window


Front cover of The Land Worker, March 1923